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 78
... song as his symbol for human music . " If Poetry " ( he wrote in 1818 while under the spell of this wish ) " comes not as naturally as the Leaves to a tree " ( or , we might substitute , " as song to a bird " ) " it had better not come ...
... song as his symbol for human music . " If Poetry " ( he wrote in 1818 while under the spell of this wish ) " comes not as naturally as the Leaves to a tree " ( or , we might substitute , " as song to a bird " ) " it had better not come ...
Page 94
... song a democratic diffu- sion : the song is audible to all alike , whether emperor or rustic ( culture , as Arnold said , seeks to do away with classes ) . Next the audience becomes any soul which , like Keats's own , stands in need of ...
... song a democratic diffu- sion : the song is audible to all alike , whether emperor or rustic ( culture , as Arnold said , seeks to do away with classes ) . Next the audience becomes any soul which , like Keats's own , stands in need of ...
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... song takes descrip- tive preeminence over those propositions , whether by charming casements or by fading slowly past the meadows . In the end , neither descriptive " song " nor propositional " truth " ( of death , of cheating charm ) ...
... song takes descrip- tive preeminence over those propositions , whether by charming casements or by fading slowly past the meadows . In the end , neither descriptive " song " nor propositional " truth " ( of death , of cheating charm ) ...
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