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 147
... speak only by its pictures . In writing words for the urn to say , Keats has disturbed his readers . The urn's delphic utterance has the granite solidity possessed only by the most immovable propositions , those which approach tautology ...
... speak only by its pictures . In writing words for the urn to say , Keats has disturbed his readers . The urn's delphic utterance has the granite solidity possessed only by the most immovable propositions , those which approach tautology ...
Page 149
... speak differently from the immortal Bird . In inventing a language for eternity , Keats resorted to two distinct ... speaking to men of the extent and sufficiency of their knowledge ( rather than of their dreams . or visions ) , the urn ...
... speak differently from the immortal Bird . In inventing a language for eternity , Keats resorted to two distinct ... speaking to men of the extent and sufficiency of their knowledge ( rather than of their dreams . or visions ) , the urn ...
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... speaking here about the transiency of pas- sion , Keats insists ( through the burning forehead and the parching tongue ) ... speak , while admiring the zoom shot . I side with Keats , but there is distinguished opinion on the other side ...
... speaking here about the transiency of pas- sion , Keats insists ( through the burning forehead and the parching tongue ) ... speak , while admiring the zoom shot . I side with Keats , but there is distinguished opinion on the other side ...
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active aesthetic allegorical allowed Apollo appear attempt Autumn Beauty becomes beginning bird bower brain called close cloud comes course death divinity dream earlier earth Endymion existence experience eyes face fact fade Fall Fancy feeling figures final flowers follow fruit give gnats goddess grape hand happy harvest hope human Hyperion imagination Indolence intensity Keats Keats's language later leaves Letters light listening means Melancholy Milton mind Moneta's mythological natural never Nightingale object offered once opening origins pain passage philosophical pleasure poem Poesy poet poetry present propositional Psyche question realm relation remains represented scene season seems seen sensation sense sensual shape song sorrow soul speak spirit stanza symbol things thou thought tion true truth turn vision visual voice wings wish writing