“Poems are successful because poets are expert wordsmiths‚ every bit as fastidious as sculptors and painters.” To what extent do you believe this view? John Keats incorporates a strong use of static imagery in order to construct the ideas and themes held within his poetry. The use of inanimate objects in his poetry sculptures Keats’s idealistic concept of permanence or immortality. The poems Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale are both examples of Keats’s work where static imagery emulates
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The Romantic era‚ which was the period of time following the Enlightenment‚ existed to eradicate the idea that innovation‚ produced from research and reason‚ was the basis for truth. Writers of the Romantic era‚ such as John Keats‚ believed that imagination‚ not rationalization‚ was the foundation truth was built upon. Of this Keats says‚ "The Imagination may be compared to Adam’s dream--He awoke and found it truth" (Rodriguez‚ Keats‚ 49). Even though the duration of his life was lacking‚ Keats must
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Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. (I‚ 4-13) Here Keats determines upon the necessity of having beauty in the lives‚ particularly things of beauty and the poem is one of those very objects. The production of a thing of beauty seems to be all the justification Keats needs to write at this point in the poem and at this stage in his poetic career. He is not speaking of the
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A Message From Mighty Keats (A Discussion of Keats Messages) We live life everyday unaware of what will become of us. We don’t know when we will die‚ or how it will happen but we will find out in time. For instance‚ Keats was a young man who died of tuberculosis. Hansen has done plenty of research over Keats and has discovered that‚ “The slow‚ dad death in a foreign city was breaking Keats’s wonderful spirit.” This was because of the fact he couldn’t be with the love of his life because he didn’t
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British Literature Exam #1- The Romantic Period What is imagination‚ the act or power of forming mental images of what is not present. The use of imagination in Romantic poetry was vital to the success of poets. Imagination allows the poet to transform different ideas into one great thought. Using this attracts an audience and pulls them into the poets’ thoughts. During the Romantic Era‚ many poets were able to capture their audience through their use of imagination throughout their poems. This
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Similarities and differences in ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ and ‘The Eve of St. Agnes.’ ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ and ‘The Eve of St. Agnes’ by John Keats has various similarities and differences. They are both tales of love‚ highlighting Keats’ differing opinions on the ‘chase’ and the act of being in love. They also portray the challenges of life and love‚ using pathetic fallacy as a backdrop for the character’s emotions. Both poems have a man and a woman
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JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) * He’s the forerunner of the English aestheticism. * Member of the Second generation of Romantic poets who blossomed early and died young. He is Romantic in his relish of sensation‚ his feeling for the Middle Ages‚ his love for the Greek civilization and his conception of the writer. He was able to fuse the romantic passion and the cold Neo-classicism‚ just as Ugo Foscolo did in “LE GRAZIE” and in “I SEPOLCRI”. * He was born in London; he attended a private school
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Keats composed the ’Ode on a Grecian Urn’‚ based on a sonnet written by Wordsworth in 1811. The theme of transience and permanence‚ which struck Keats in Wordsworth’s poetry‚ forms the leading theme in the Odes. The ode‚ ’To Autumn’‚ may be seen as a temporary ’bridge’ in the debate between the two states‚ in this case symbolised by the seasons. A reprieve is achieved‚ although the problem is not solved‚ "Where are the songs of Spring Ay‚ Where are they? Think not of them..." In ’Ode to a Nightingale’
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setting that Romanticism was born. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact start of the Romantic movement‚ as its beginnings can be traced to many events of the time: a surge of interest in folklore in the mid- to late-eighteenth century with the work of the brothers Grimm‚ reactions against neoclassicism and the Augustan poets in England‚ and political events and uprisings that fostered nationalistic pride. Romantic poets cultivated individualism‚ reverence for the natural world‚ idealism‚ physical and
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The romantic period is a term applied to the literature of approximately the first third of the nineteenth century. During this time‚ literature began to move in channels that were not entirely new but were in strong contrast to the standard literary practice of the eighteenth century. How the wordromantic came to be applied to this period is something of a puzzle. Originally the word was applied to the Latin or Roman dialects used in the Roman provinces‚ especially France‚ and to the stories written
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