The Odes of John KeatsBelknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1983 - 330 pages Argues that Keat's six odes form a sequence, identifies their major themes, and provides detailed interpretations of the poems' philosophy, mythological references, and lyric structures. |
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... dream - visions . But we are balked of both as the first facet of indolence is momen- tarily turned to us- the ... dream , blossom , and song , in the most ac- complished lines of the ode . In this fifth stanza , the " dim dreams " of ...
... dream - visions . But we are balked of both as the first facet of indolence is momen- tarily turned to us- the ... dream , blossom , and song , in the most ac- complished lines of the ode . In this fifth stanza , the " dim dreams " of ...
Page 55
... dream or seen a vision . The diction of dream and waking is for Keats a way of making truth - claims ; when he wishes to insist that poetry has something to offer us which is more than fanciful entertain- ment , he turns , as in his ...
... dream or seen a vision . The diction of dream and waking is for Keats a way of making truth - claims ; when he wishes to insist that poetry has something to offer us which is more than fanciful entertain- ment , he turns , as in his ...
Page 210
... dream . This open - eyed and conscious relating of a past dream is for Keats very unlike a lapsing into a dream state ; it suggests his new deliberateness of composition . The sober certainty of waking truth here preserves a memory of the ...
... dream . This open - eyed and conscious relating of a past dream is for Keats very unlike a lapsing into a dream state ; it suggests his new deliberateness of composition . The sober certainty of waking truth here preserves a memory of the ...
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adieu aesthetic allegorical Ambition Apollo autumn ode Beauty bird bower brain casement cloud conceptual Cupid and Psyche death diction divinity dream drowsy earth Endymion erotic eternal eyes fade Fall of Hyperion Fancy Fanny Brawne feeling figures flowers frieze fruit gnats goddess happy harvest human imagination immortal Indolence intellectual John Keats Keats Keats's Keatsian landscape language last stanza Letters listening medium Melan melody Milton mimetic mind Moneta Moneta's face Mutability mythological natural Nightingale numbers Ode on Indolence Ode on Melancholy ode To Autumn Ode to Psyche pain Paradise Lost passage pastoral philosophical poem Poesy poet poetry propositional Proserpine Psyche's question realm represented rhythm sacrifice scene season second stanza sensation sense sensual Shakespeare shape shrine sing song sonnet sorrow soul speak Spenserian spirit sweet symbol thee thou thought tion transubstantiation trope truth vision visual voice wine wings wish