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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In the sixth stanza‚ Keats completely overthrows rationality by having the speaker claim‚ “for a many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death” (Lines 51-52). If rationality is all about self-preservation‚ and if many philosophers looked down on suicide as a desire rather than any real need‚ Keats has created a speaker that is seemingly entranced by death‚ thinking it “rich to die‚ / To cease upon the midnight with no pain” (Lines 55-56). The transcendence of death from a physical plane
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what they know‚ the answers they get‚ and they know that all questions cannot be answered. In William Blake’s "The Tyger" and "The Lamb‚" nature is discussed in two opposing forms‚ where the question of who created the creatures is asked. In John Keats’ "Ode to a Nightingale‚" different questions are asked‚ but in the same nature as those in Blake’s poems. The three poems are all similar in discussing nature; however there are differences in the negative capability of them. In both "The Lamb"
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this poem really about? 2. Why did Keats write the poem as he did? Why did he use the words‚ the rhythm‚ the images‚ the metaphors that he uses in the poem? Figure out your answer to these questions‚ and then set out to prove that you are right. For example‚ you might think that To Autumn says something about Keats’s attitude towards death. This is a good start‚ but is not specific enough. You need to read the poem closely and figure out exactly what Keats is saying about death (or about life
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shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. (5.1.7-12). This stanza taken from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream delightfully describes the romantic concept of imagination held by both Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ and John Keats. For many Romantic writers imagination is creation: "...The living power and prime agent of all human perception‚ and is a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I am". According to this statement from Coleridge’s
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Reflects The Cycles of Life To Keats‚ nature was the playground for the five senses. By leaving the urban life in London and going out into nature‚ Keats was able to fully live in the moment and enjoy the sensuality of nature. Nature balanced the scales of Keats’ life by providing solitude‚ inspiration and beauty in contrast to his urban world that was the backbone of his social life. In addition‚ nature mirrored the natural cycles of human life in Keats’ work. Keats’ relationship to nature was
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‘On the sea’ by John Keats It keeps eternal whisperings around Desolate shores‚ and with its mighty swell Gluts twice ten thousand caverns‚ till the spell Of Hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound. Often ’tis in such gentle temper found‚ That scarcely will the very smallest shell Be moved for days from where it sometime fell‚ When last the winds of heaven were unbound. O ye! who have your eyeballs vexed and tired‚ Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea; O ye! whose ears are dinn’d
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The novel Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ begins with a series of four letters written from a man named Robert Walton‚ to his sister Margaret Saville. In the first letter‚ Robert is explaining to his sister his plan to journey to the north pole. He states that he will be going on a journey that will be both long and difficult. Later he includes that if successful‚ he will see his dear sister again‚ but if he fails‚ they may never see each other again. When Robert begins letter two‚ he opens by telling
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paragraph that recognizes the other side of sacrifice—the role of the sacrificial lamb‚ or in this case cow. The speaker considers what it is like to be the powerless and unwitting sacrifice of another: “And there is that poor heifer in the poem by Keats‚ all decked out in ribbons and flowers‚ no terror in the eyes‚ no
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The decision of creating a new blog‚ and calling it the Mexican Frankenstein‚ was not that hard to make. I actually think that it came naturally to me after a few days of reading the book by Mary Shelley‚ Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus. But to make it easier to understand why‚ this is the context surrounding the decision I made. A few days before my travel to Hungary‚ I spoke with one of my colleagues about his plans for the future. He had applied for (and won) an scholarship to study in
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