The Odes of John KeatsArgues 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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... present themselves to all readers , just as musical scores present themselves to every eye . But ( to borrow another idea from Valéry ) just as the musical score requires an interpreter in the virtuoso or the conductor , so a text is of ...
... present themselves to all readers , just as musical scores present themselves to every eye . But ( to borrow another idea from Valéry ) just as the musical score requires an interpreter in the virtuoso or the conductor , so a text is of ...
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... present - tense moment of the poem . But in Nightingale the present - tense narration brings the ode into the configuration of what we tend to call confessional poetry ; this alone is enough to account for the pressing appeal of the ode ...
... present - tense moment of the poem . But in Nightingale the present - tense narration brings the ode into the configuration of what we tend to call confessional poetry ; this alone is enough to account for the pressing appeal of the ode ...
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... present tense such as those referring to the immor- tal sickness and the mild moon in the first two examples ; the use of the present participles " progressing " and " acting " ( even though they serve as part of past - progressive ...
... present tense such as those referring to the immor- tal sickness and the mild moon in the first two examples ; the use of the present participles " progressing " and " acting " ( even though they serve as part of past - progressive ...
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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