John Keats

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John Keats is said to be seen as one of the most “canniest readers, interpreters, and questioners of the “modern” project in poetry, which sought to dwell in the desires and sufferings of the human heart.” His works such as Ode to Melancholy is a worthy example as to how Keats illustrates the relatable feeling of pain, and shines light on the common idea that it is to be hidden and masked with false happiness. In this work he tells us to embrace it, to take it by the hand and let it flow through us. In a sense, Keats is showing appreciation to something, to an emotion that we have a strong disline for. Showing appreciation, whether it’s human nature (emotions) or Mother Nature, is something that John Keats is relatively good at especially in …show more content…
Unlike Keat’s poem, it’s a bit lengthier by recalling a childhood memory. The speaker in the poem uses nature as a distraction from his or her surroundings. Coleridge, just like Keats, illustrates an appreciation for Mother Nature. In the first stanza Coleridge immediately forms a relationship between man and nature. He describes how the speaker is in solitude in his cabin surrounded by complete and utter silence. The silence is so calming that it is strange and disturbing yet he/she finds a companion in the grate that flutters as the fire burns. The speaker would consider the grate a companion because it is the only thing moving besides him/her. In line 10-14 it …show more content…
In the third stanza the tone calms down, there’s still a bit of excitement because of this adorable precious baby, but it’s maintained and later in the stanza it changes completely and becomes spiritual and personal with the mention of the language of God. In Keats’s poem, it automatically dives into nature, the relationship between the sun and the fruit. The tone doesn’t change throughout the

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