Question: who is percy shelley speaking to in ode to the west wind

title: Ode to the West Wind
text: `` Ode to the West Wind '' is an ode , written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 near Florence , Italy . It was originally published in 1820 by Charles and Edmund Ollier in London as part of the collection Prometheus Unbound , A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts , With Other Poems . Some have interpreted the poem as the speaker lamenting his inability to directly help those in England owing to his being in Italy . At the same time , the poem expresses the hope that its words will inspire and influence those who read or hear it . Perhaps more than anything else , Shelley wanted his message of reform and revolution spread , and the wind becomes the trope for spreading the word of change through the poet - prophet figure . Some also believe that the poem was written in response to the loss of his son , William ( born to Mary Shelley ) in 1819 . The ensuing pain influenced Shelley . The poem allegorises the role of the poet as the voice of change and revolution . At the time of composing this poem , Shelley without doubt had the Peterloo Massacre of August 1819 in mind . His other poems written at the same time -- The Masque of Anarchy , Prometheus Unbound , and `` England in 1819 '' -- take up these same themes of political change , revolution , and role of the poet . 

Answer: answer: ``Ode to the West Wind'' is an ode, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 near Florence, Italy. The poem expresses the hope that its words will inspire and influence those who read or hear it.  Perhaps more than anything else, Shelley wanted his message of reform and revolution spread, and the wind becomes the trope for spreading the word of change through the poet - prophet figure.