The Poet’s Revelation
Countless of people have a constant fear of the limitations of life and not being able to reach their maximum potential because the thought of dying dictates them. And in John Keats’s English sonnet, When I Have Fears, he expresses the anxiety of not having time to reach the pinnacle of his writing career and not being able to experience love. However, Keats also remarks the human insignificance with time and it enables for him to cease from the fear that seems to have a grip on him and his thoughts. The sonnet conveys a pessimistic tone due to the continuation of the author focusing on the negative aspects in his life. It also reveals the author being in a contemplative state by always thinking about how death looms as time passes, which shows the overall mood of the sonnet. Through Keats's use of personification and repetition, he reveals that humanity’s fear of morality and the restrictions life sets upon them only keeps humanity far away from reaching their true happiness.
In the beginning of the poem, Keats reveals that he has …show more content…
He writes, “ And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, / That I shall never look upon of an hour”(LL 9-10). He introduces a beloved with “fair creature of an hour” because it implies that he is not going to be able to have time to feel the love from them for a longer duration of time because he fears that, yet again, he does not have time to do so. Also, he inputs that he is in a possible relationship and the brevity of it is not abnormal because love always ends abruptly. He proceeds with, “Never have relish in the faery power / Of unreflecting love”(L 11). By saying “faery power” as a form to describe his love, it shows the doubt Keats has about the odds of experiencing this love again before he dies because he implies that it is imaginary and
Countless of people have a constant fear of the limitations of life and not being able to reach their maximum potential because the thought of dying dictates them. And in John Keats’s English sonnet, When I Have Fears, he expresses the anxiety of not having time to reach the pinnacle of his writing career and not being able to experience love. However, Keats also remarks the human insignificance with time and it enables for him to cease from the fear that seems to have a grip on him and his thoughts. The sonnet conveys a pessimistic tone due to the continuation of the author focusing on the negative aspects in his life. It also reveals the author being in a contemplative state by always thinking about how death looms as time passes, which shows the overall mood of the sonnet. Through Keats's use of personification and repetition, he reveals that humanity’s fear of morality and the restrictions life sets upon them only keeps humanity far away from reaching their true happiness.
In the beginning of the poem, Keats reveals that he has …show more content…
He writes, “ And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, / That I shall never look upon of an hour”(LL 9-10). He introduces a beloved with “fair creature of an hour” because it implies that he is not going to be able to have time to feel the love from them for a longer duration of time because he fears that, yet again, he does not have time to do so. Also, he inputs that he is in a possible relationship and the brevity of it is not abnormal because love always ends abruptly. He proceeds with, “Never have relish in the faery power / Of unreflecting love”(L 11). By saying “faery power” as a form to describe his love, it shows the doubt Keats has about the odds of experiencing this love again before he dies because he implies that it is imaginary and