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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Page 19
... never know how change the moons , Or hear the voice of busy common - sense ! A third time came they by : -alas ! wherefore ? My sleep had been embroider'd with dim dreams ; My soul had been a lawn besprinkled o'er With flowers , and ...
... never know how change the moons , Or hear the voice of busy common - sense ! A third time came they by : -alas ! wherefore ? My sleep had been embroider'd with dim dreams ; My soul had been a lawn besprinkled o'er With flowers , and ...
Page 128
... Never , never canst thou kiss , " which is surely bad ; and " She cannot fade , " 13 which is surely good . In this stanza , the poet still sees medium and subject matter in ( to quote Words- worth ) “ a constant interchange of growth ...
... Never , never canst thou kiss , " which is surely bad ; and " She cannot fade , " 13 which is surely good . In this stanza , the poet still sees medium and subject matter in ( to quote Words- worth ) “ a constant interchange of growth ...
Page 138
... never , " " not " or " no . " The pat- tern is just varied enough so as not to be absolutely predictable : a " canst not " is followed by a " can " and by a " never canst " and " can- not " ; in the midst of the declarative " can's ...
... never , " " not " or " no . " The pat- tern is just varied enough so as not to be absolutely predictable : a " canst not " is followed by a " can " and by a " never canst " and " can- not " ; in the midst of the declarative " can's ...
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