This paper centers on the rhetorical devices in English poems,studying the case of Ode to the West Wind. The predominant rhetorical devices discussed in this classical poem are divided into three catalogues in this thesis: lexical stylistic devices, syntactical stylistic devices and phonetic stylistic devices. Through the analysis of various rhetorical devices in Ode to the West Wind in detail, the thesis probes into the use and importance of rhetorical devices in English poems. Finally the thesis attempts to put forward beneficial advice to help appreciate the rhetorical devices in English poems.
In this essay, by exemplifying three poems by great poets which contain certain similari-ties in illustrating life itself, the writer bring forward an understanding about poetry andshow the real nature of it.
