Which passage from “Ode to the West Wind” best illustrates the ultimate request the speaker has for the wind? Explain.a. “Be through my lips to unawakened earth / The trumpet of a prophecy!”b. “Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!”c. “I would ne’er have striven / As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need.”d. “If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear”

Answer:

The best passage is a: “Be through my lips to unawakened earth / The trumpet of a prophecy!” This line expresses the speaker’s ultimate request most clearly because he wants the West Wind to work through him and turn his words into a powerful message for the world. By the end of the poem, he is not just asking for personal strength or movement; he wants his poetry to inspire change and renewal in others.