ture depicted in this poem is almost limitless, as the
             poet believes that the winds have an awesome power. He asks the winds to:
             Drive my dead thoughts over the universe,
             Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth;
             And, by the incantation of this verse,
             Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
             Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! (63-7)
             With these lines, the poet is offering himself up to nature to be used as a vehicle of inspiration. The poet is describing his perception of nature to his development. He envisions that his work will be a lyre to be played by the winds in a "deep autumnal tone,/Sweet though in sadness" (60-1). Then he envisions himself becoming one with the winds. This can be seen when he says:
             My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one!
             Drive my dead thoughts over the universe,
             Like withered leaves, to quicken a new birth (61-4).
             These images bring us to the poet's general idea that the poet wishes for
             his dead thoughts blown like withered leaves by the winds. He desires his words to be scattered like "Ashes and sparks" (67) across humanity. This statement implies that the poet wants his words to reach far and influence h
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