Ode to the West Wind is a major poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1819. The poem is a passionate invocation of the wind as a transformative force, using nature imagery to express themes of revolution, inspiration, and the poet's role as a prophet of change. Shelley was a major English Romantic poet known for his radical political views and visionary poetry. S.T. Coleridge and John Keats were also Romantic poets, but this specific ode is Shelley's work.