Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain's to die.
II.
How strange it is that man on earth should roam,
And lead a life of woe, but not forsake
His rugged path; nor dare he view alone
His future doom which is but to awake.
John Keats poem "on death" by examining the title we realized that it talks about death. However, Keats goes in depth with death comparing it life and what people think they want. He specifically points out the life is a dream and death is sleep. I think what he means by that is that as people we believe that living is our dream we have because like a dream its something we enjoy but sometimes never attain it. Meaning that we like the things we do in life but sometimes we wish we could live without the worries and troubles of life. So sleep is what we think of throughout the day because it’s our escape from like and the problems it brings. He also commits on it when he states, “ yet we think the greatest pain is death” I know what he means by that because as a race we contradict ourselves. How? Because we fear death but we love sleep and need sleep. Meaning how can we be so scared of death and love sleep so dearly when sleep is death. Why because when we sleep we don’t live and we enjoying to sleep because our lives are sometimes more stressful than we can bear. So he advocates for a theme that life is death. Merely meaning that the lives we live is our greatest pain. Why? Because that we hate the fact that we have to live certain lives follow certain rules and regulations. So I tend to believe he was this tone of derision because he just cannot believe the fact that people don’t see the want death more than they want to live. So in this we is merely making mockery of people in all that don’t understand this concept.
Exploring the language of the poem.
September 5, 2014
FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy
To those who woo her with too slavish knees,
But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy,
And dotes the more upon a heart at ease;
She is a Gipsey,—will not speak to those
Who have not learnt to be content without her;
A Jilt, whose ear was never whisper’d close,
Who thinks they scandal her who talk about her;
A very Gipsey is she, Nilus-born,
Sister-in-law to jealous Potiphar;
Ye love-sick Bards! repay her scorn for scorn;
Ye Artists lovelorn! madmen that ye are!
Make your best bow to her and bid adieu,
Then, if she likes it, she will follow you.
John Keats ''FAME''
MY analysis Keats' poem Fame he keeps up this very figurative language.
For instance his first lime is "Fame like a wayward girl" one may not know what a wayward girl is but can clearly see its a form of simile by using like or as. Keats Fame poem contains an high volume of symbolism for instance when he says "FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those who woo her with too slavish knees, I think what he means by that is to show that some people will even worship the idea of fame that they will serve on both of their knees. Even though, Keats used too instead of two once can infer that he means they will use both of their knees. he really likes to emphasis the fact that people will worship fame up to a point that it becomes a sacrifice on ones part. I think he uses the several figurative language to let the reader now fame can take control over you. he even says "She is a Gipsey,—will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her;" basically saying that fame only comes to those that bow down to her and cannot live without her. Keats take on using these symbolism shows how crucial his context is to be taken. because even though, he doesn't live today his words still holds true to our society today. I take his writing in this poem very serious because it not only teaches you how to avoid this addiction called fame and gain it if that what you want out of life. All this is gained from Keats use of language because by making all these metaphors of what fame worshiping people do it allows one to also examine the poem as a reference steps on how to live an fame fulfilling life. Lastly, by his unique use of personification it compare fame to a women you only grant wishes to those that bow down to her " Make your best bow to her and bid adieu,Then, if she likes it, she will follow you." This within itself points out to you that Keats entire purpose of this poem is to show you how one receives fame and he gives us a guide through his use of figurative language.
September 5, 2014
FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy
To those who woo her with too slavish knees,
But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy,
And dotes the more upon a heart at ease;
She is a Gipsey,—will not speak to those
Who have not learnt to be content without her;
A Jilt, whose ear was never whisper’d close,
Who thinks they scandal her who talk about her;
A very Gipsey is she, Nilus-born,
Sister-in-law to jealous Potiphar;
Ye love-sick Bards! repay her scorn for scorn;
Ye Artists lovelorn! madmen that ye are!
Make your best bow to her and bid adieu,
Then, if she likes it, she will follow you.
John Keats ''FAME''
MY analysis Keats' poem Fame he keeps up this very figurative language.
For instance his first lime is "Fame like a wayward girl" one may not know what a wayward girl is but can clearly see its a form of simile by using like or as. Keats Fame poem contains an high volume of symbolism for instance when he says "FAME, like a wayward girl, will still be coy To those who woo her with too slavish knees, I think what he means by that is to show that some people will even worship the idea of fame that they will serve on both of their knees. Even though, Keats used too instead of two once can infer that he means they will use both of their knees. he really likes to emphasis the fact that people will worship fame up to a point that it becomes a sacrifice on ones part. I think he uses the several figurative language to let the reader now fame can take control over you. he even says "She is a Gipsey,—will not speak to those Who have not learnt to be content without her;" basically saying that fame only comes to those that bow down to her and cannot live without her. Keats take on using these symbolism shows how crucial his context is to be taken. because even though, he doesn't live today his words still holds true to our society today. I take his writing in this poem very serious because it not only teaches you how to avoid this addiction called fame and gain it if that what you want out of life. All this is gained from Keats use of language because by making all these metaphors of what fame worshiping people do it allows one to also examine the poem as a reference steps on how to live an fame fulfilling life. Lastly, by his unique use of personification it compare fame to a women you only grant wishes to those that bow down to her " Make your best bow to her and bid adieu,Then, if she likes it, she will follow you." This within itself points out to you that Keats entire purpose of this poem is to show you how one receives fame and he gives us a guide through his use of figurative language.
A Party of Love
John Keats
09-12-14
pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes,
Nibble their toast, and cool their tea with sighs,
Or else forget the purpose of the night,
Forget their tea -- forget their appetite.
See with cross'd arms they sit -- ah! happy crew,
The fire is going out and no one rings
For coals, and therefore no coals Betty brings.
A fly is in the milk-pot -- must he die
By a humane society?
No, no; there Mr. Werter takes his spoon,
Inserts it, dips the handle, and lo! soon
The little straggler, sav'd from perils dark,
Across the teaboard draws a long wet mark.
Arise! take snuffers by the handle,
There's a large cauliflower in each candle.
A winding-sheet, ah me! I must away
To No. 7, just beyond the circus gay.
'Alas, my friend! your coat sits very well;
Where may your tailor live?' 'I may not tell.
O pardon me -- I'm absent now and then.
Where might my tailor live? I say again
I cannot tell, let me no more be teaz'd --
He lives in Wapping, might live where he pleas'd.'
My analysis of the poem for its language
Keats poem "A party of love" instantly catch the readers attention with its title. One can examine the title and wonder a part of love. John title is a example of imagery because when we think of love we normally don't associate with a party so one wants to wonder where might this party of love be. While Keats true attention is to relate love to a party. However, he uses the precisely chosen diction to get his point across; for instance, when he states "pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes,
Nibble their toast, and cool their tea with sighs, Or else forget the purpose of the night," he wants to reader to see that people in love are so caught up the forget the whole purpose of life. Meaning it was suppose to be a party but the lovers forgot it was and enslaved themselves with each other and he wants us to relate this to life as a whole. Keats isn't a fan of love if you can tell he wants people that if you are in love you are not doing what you were here to do. Than he comes back to show even more how they are blinded with love when he states "The fire is going out and no one rings For coals, and therefore no coals Betty brings." This within itself shows the reader that lovers annoy some of the most important things in life; because the fire represents life which goes out because they don't request for more of it. He wants one to know that lovers at a party where fire is needed' will forget to remind the lodger to refuel the fire because he or she is in love. However, this may upset him but he realizes the importance of a Man like this. Than he realizes how this man operates when he states "A fly is in the milk-pot -- must he die By a humane society?No, no; there Mr. Werter takes his spoon, Inserts it, dips the handle, and lo! soon The little straggler, sav'd from perils dark," even though this man has let the fire go out on their life he keeps an close eye in the things around him because he took the time to save a fly. Yes a fly meaning this type of Man pays attention to the small things and hes needed in society because not many people notice the little things. Keats choose his diction carefully and succesful gets his point across about the "Party of lovers."
John Keats
09-12-14
pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes,
Nibble their toast, and cool their tea with sighs,
Or else forget the purpose of the night,
Forget their tea -- forget their appetite.
See with cross'd arms they sit -- ah! happy crew,
The fire is going out and no one rings
For coals, and therefore no coals Betty brings.
A fly is in the milk-pot -- must he die
By a humane society?
No, no; there Mr. Werter takes his spoon,
Inserts it, dips the handle, and lo! soon
The little straggler, sav'd from perils dark,
Across the teaboard draws a long wet mark.
Arise! take snuffers by the handle,
There's a large cauliflower in each candle.
A winding-sheet, ah me! I must away
To No. 7, just beyond the circus gay.
'Alas, my friend! your coat sits very well;
Where may your tailor live?' 'I may not tell.
O pardon me -- I'm absent now and then.
Where might my tailor live? I say again
I cannot tell, let me no more be teaz'd --
He lives in Wapping, might live where he pleas'd.'
My analysis of the poem for its language
Keats poem "A party of love" instantly catch the readers attention with its title. One can examine the title and wonder a part of love. John title is a example of imagery because when we think of love we normally don't associate with a party so one wants to wonder where might this party of love be. While Keats true attention is to relate love to a party. However, he uses the precisely chosen diction to get his point across; for instance, when he states "pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes,
Nibble their toast, and cool their tea with sighs, Or else forget the purpose of the night," he wants to reader to see that people in love are so caught up the forget the whole purpose of life. Meaning it was suppose to be a party but the lovers forgot it was and enslaved themselves with each other and he wants us to relate this to life as a whole. Keats isn't a fan of love if you can tell he wants people that if you are in love you are not doing what you were here to do. Than he comes back to show even more how they are blinded with love when he states "The fire is going out and no one rings For coals, and therefore no coals Betty brings." This within itself shows the reader that lovers annoy some of the most important things in life; because the fire represents life which goes out because they don't request for more of it. He wants one to know that lovers at a party where fire is needed' will forget to remind the lodger to refuel the fire because he or she is in love. However, this may upset him but he realizes the importance of a Man like this. Than he realizes how this man operates when he states "A fly is in the milk-pot -- must he die By a humane society?No, no; there Mr. Werter takes his spoon, Inserts it, dips the handle, and lo! soon The little straggler, sav'd from perils dark," even though this man has let the fire go out on their life he keeps an close eye in the things around him because he took the time to save a fly. Yes a fly meaning this type of Man pays attention to the small things and hes needed in society because not many people notice the little things. Keats choose his diction carefully and succesful gets his point across about the "Party of lovers."
09/19/14
Bright Star
Sound and Meaning analysis
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors--
No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever--or else swoon to death.
My analysis for Sound and Meaning
In this poem Keats follows a Shakespearean sonnet so as it will have a iambic pentameter sound. With that being said we know he will be talking about love. Keats in his title one can infer he is talking about a star. In his first lines he mentions he wished he was like a star when he states " Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart,". He want the reader to know that he wishes to be like a star that just sits there and does nothing. However, lets not get ahead of ourselves because he wants to do something and that's all he wants to do just like a star sits there and watch. Keats says "No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable, Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast," this is what Keats want to do with the rest of his life. He only wishes if he could spend his eternity laying on his lover's breast and this to him is like being like a star. why? because this is a place he can come and everything all the problems are forgotten he enjoys the softness and peace that her breast brings. This is why he wants to be like a star in his own way; he understands he cannot live forever like a star but with the lifespan he does have he wished to spend it his way. With that he also wants to reader to see that he rather die than not being able to rest peacefully upon her breast. One notices this mentioned in the last two lines " Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever--or else swoon to death." one might ask why would he want to die and the answer will be he wants to live his life as he pleases and not any other way. The meaning of his poem to me makes sense why he would follow Shakespeare rhyme scheme because its all about love and death. To Keats not loving is death while love is life like a star watching over the earth is beautiful its in tune and without it there is not life worth living.
Bright Star
Sound and Meaning analysis
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors--
No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever--or else swoon to death.
My analysis for Sound and Meaning
In this poem Keats follows a Shakespearean sonnet so as it will have a iambic pentameter sound. With that being said we know he will be talking about love. Keats in his title one can infer he is talking about a star. In his first lines he mentions he wished he was like a star when he states " Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart,". He want the reader to know that he wishes to be like a star that just sits there and does nothing. However, lets not get ahead of ourselves because he wants to do something and that's all he wants to do just like a star sits there and watch. Keats says "No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable, Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast," this is what Keats want to do with the rest of his life. He only wishes if he could spend his eternity laying on his lover's breast and this to him is like being like a star. why? because this is a place he can come and everything all the problems are forgotten he enjoys the softness and peace that her breast brings. This is why he wants to be like a star in his own way; he understands he cannot live forever like a star but with the lifespan he does have he wished to spend it his way. With that he also wants to reader to see that he rather die than not being able to rest peacefully upon her breast. One notices this mentioned in the last two lines " Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever--or else swoon to death." one might ask why would he want to die and the answer will be he wants to live his life as he pleases and not any other way. The meaning of his poem to me makes sense why he would follow Shakespeare rhyme scheme because its all about love and death. To Keats not loving is death while love is life like a star watching over the earth is beautiful its in tune and without it there is not life worth living.