Read the lines from Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind."

O thou

Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed

The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,

Each like a corpse within its grave,

Which best explains the metaphor in these lines?

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Felipe

28 January, 10:03

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Emma Weiss · Answer 1

The wind is being compared to a chariot that carries the seeds of Nature to their winter grave.

Read the lines from Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind."O thouWho chariotest to their dark wintry bedThe winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,Each like a corpse within its grave,Which best explains the metaphor in these lines?