Ode to a Nightingale

describing the agony that he deals with on a daily basis, yet, considering all odds, he seeks nature and love to transcend him from all and any earthly pains he constantly feels. Alongside Keats’ drift from traditional romanticism, his works, “Ode to a Nightingale,” and “A Draught of sunshine”, follow a pattern…

Relation between nature and Romantic poets and the purposes behind: Romantic poetry is regarded as a reliable discourse to understand nature. One can find written version of nature in literature by reading Romantics. We can say that Romantic poetry is zone of nature. People of urban society read Romantics to reduce their stress and monotonous. Romantic nature poems play a vital role in connecting modern people to the nature world. At the same time readers connect nature to Romantics. In the…

Keats loses his vision when he says “I cannot see what flower are at my feet, / Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs,” (IV. 41). Afterward, he is granted a heightened sense of smell and invokes this sense with words such as embalmed, sweet, seasonable seasons (an intriguing play on words), hawthorn’s distinct odor, pastoral eglantine, violets’ indirect smell which is significantly “cover’d,” a musk-rose (sounds like some Spanish wine I know), and then tops it off with dewy wine. In stanza…

The Sick Beats of John Keats Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………….page 3 Early Life 1975-1810………………………………………………..page 4 The Path of the Surgeon or the Path of the Poet…………………….page 5 Endings and New Beginnings ……………………………………....page 6 Golden Year of Poetry………………………………………………page 7 The Final Countdown……………………………………………….page 9 Legacy and Impact…………………………………………………..page 10 End Notes……………………………………………………………page 11 Bibliography…………………………………………………………page 12…

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…

THE INTUITIVE BOND BETWEEN KEATS AND BATALVI A born-romantic, lonely and passionate singer, like Keats and Shelley, Batalvi had a intuition of his untimely doom : "This lyric of mine took birth with me, And with me it's to sojourn to Heaven. I'll sing my own song and depart the next dawn." Lovelorn poet Batalvi, physically also resembled Keats. And almost all his lyrics were addressed to some "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." During his…

There are many times in life where there is simply nothing one can possibly do about a particular problem and constantly worry about it, causing one to have the mindset of escaping the reality of life. While one may struggle to find the success of facing reality, there is rather a decision that can be made. People tend to think of “romance” when romanticism is brought up, however, love may be a subject of Romantic art. Romanticism is the movement in which arts and literature were used to…

In his poem, To Autumn, John Keats expresses the notion that autumn is a time for transformation, yet it still possesses its own beauty that cannot be overlooked. During the Romantic Period, many artists and authors deified nature. As a romantic poet, Keats believed that nature was a major root to ecstasy. Throughout his work, Keats uses imagery and symbolism to portray autumn as both a beautiful and transformative time of year. Throughout To Autumn, Keats provides vivid descriptions to…

transitioning between those of decadence, idealism, social upheaval, illusion and identity; all of which exemplify the falsehood of the American Dream. Such themes contrast and are also similar to poems written by John Keats, such as ‘Ode on Melancholy’ and ‘Ode to a Nightingale’. Both writers consolidate these themes in various manners, which are open for creative exploration. Though Fitzgerald depicts a number of characters with abstruse, fluid identities, Jay Gatsby’s characterisation is…

Iqbal and Wordsworth are nature lovers and their verses touch its various dimensions. Both the poets sing the beauty of the green meadows, hills, gushing streams, stars, tulips and daffodils. They believe that nature can teach man such lessons of life which one cannot find in the books. If one spends sometime in the company of nature, according to the poets, it is a kind of worship. Both poets treated nature as teacher and friend. They believe that nature can cure all the diseases of humanity in…