Beauty is truth, truth beauty: Keats’s philosophical vision of beauty and truth
John Keats
Submitted By
Syeda Omega Shahzadi
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BSEN: 2Y012515004
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M.A. English — 1st Semester
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Muhammad Adnan Gujjar
John Keats is one of the greatest beloved romantic poet in English literature. He was born on 31october 1795 in London. John Keats is younger poet and he is also recognized as pure poet. He writes poetry for the interest of poetry between all the romantic poets Keats is known as the real poet. he is also known as the poet of beauty Keats states beauty falsehood in the eyes of viewers. Keats views beauty in each part of art in the lap of nature art in season bird sculpture imagination of human mind give it is also known as escapist when we study Keats poetry forget the fever and fret of society. The most examined perspective of Keats poetry of its poetry in his belief of beauty .Keats considered that beauty has over lasting appreciation can give solace to human being .Many scholar discuss that Keats regarded beauty as a divine and sentimental strength that could got our pain and suffering. Kids did not spend an easy life rather Keats father died when Keats was a child and Keats mother died of tuberculosis when he was a teenager Keats educated to be doctor or the help of a doctor he adored book so much there for quite medicine to write some for writing for children. The faerie Queen which exposed to him the huge word of poetry he got fascinated inn beauty of nature his poetic works of poem was appeared in 1817 and his first long poem Endymion in 1818 which unclosed to with following remarkable line a thing of beauty is joy forever. Keats carried out lost volume of his poems in 1820 these poems memorable moments three stories Is Bella the eve of st Agnes lamia love tragedy far from being a part of loneliness he was fully occupied in the poetic and political debates
Major thread of his poetry Negative competence Staying broad minded
He considered a poet should be capable to see at a mystery or unhappy circumstance lacking find a reasonable answerable liked unclearness of life and did not feel the requirement to be right all the time.
Sensuousness Keats is very notable for his sensuous most significant poet of this time wrote about how things will tasted and smelled in preference to simply telling a story his poetry firmly attract to the five senses Keats uses strong illustration that attract to the senses his poetry is full of profound sensory adventures.
Hellenism is known for a tradition tongue art made of life of ancient Greek it develop into broadly expand after the occupation of Alexander the great this is the impressive trait. Keats was captivated with ancient Greek art and sculpture .He admired with Greece gods and tradition he experienced Greek grasped beauty above any individual else.
Escapism John Keats is often called the poet of escapism. John Keats spend his life very difficult because he loss is parent sibling and he loves fanny Browne when Keats meat in 1818even though they love each other very much but one Keats suffer from tuberculosis and many financial issue they did not marry with each other. Therefore he uses his poetry as a mean to refuge his difficulty and misery. when we recite John Keats poetry we neglected the fever and front of social word and fully focus with the beauty of nature.
Melancholy In the poetry of john Keats the idea of melancholy is very significant Keats observed that joyful moment in life or also a minute bit sad as the do not lost for ever you see a flower blossoming and feel happy but you are feel sadness like you will die tomorrow.
The year 1819 Keats had written many remarkable poems like adaption is Bella Giovanno Boccaccio Decameron .when Keats completed the most long poem Endymion but he is not satisfied with his work so He write another poem such as lamua the eve of st agnes the remarkable odes are keats greatest unique poetic success. All odes are written between Mars and June 1897 excluding ode to autumn which is written from September ode to a nightingale ode to autumn ode on a Grecian urn ode on indolence on melancholy and the two forms of Hyperion.
The most remarkable for ode to a nightingale. When the odd begin the poet is very sad and emotional condition when the poet hear the nightingale sound he feel joy and always existence and also compare it into life this is completely opposite to the real word the port wishes to live with the nightingale so he can enjoy the company of nightingale. Keats poet of imagination so he can use imagination ignore sadness and enjoy the company of nightingale.
Odd on Grecian urn this is the most famous poem of john Keats . In this poem the poets saw a Greek urn the urn is decorated with art and beauty through keats is a poet of imagination he said real life is full of Sorrow and pain but art is permanent and Joyful the poet comprehend that everything on the urn is permanent like the guy on the urn such as love life will never grow old and trees that never lose beauty the art is frozen while the real life is temporary symbolizes eternal beauty ,although human livelihood indicate indicate change and death.
Ode to autumn this poem is different from other poem because keats is mature now. This poem is about season the poets said ode to autumn is not a sad season it is about peace and calm the poet said that every season is beautifull.The poet mainly sad life every stage is beautiful.
The main theme of Keats poetry is melancholy and virtue. moreover his melancholy is not miserable through he was continuously familiar of death and misery rather hus melancholy is not this dispairing . Ode on melancholy the most theme of keats poetry because it teaches that sadness is most important in our life we cannot avoid them keats at that beauty is short term. this understanding of fatility give emotional intensity to his poetry it makes more actual and powerful.
The effect of medical education on keats poetic perspective
Keats medical education profoundly effected how he saw poetry .Keats understanding of the human body and it’s weaknesses. Keats medical skill talk about complex part of life . he transformed his medical into art and using into poem eventually keafs combine through medicine and poetry.kests medical education also established some images as part of his analytical instrument woukd certainly discovered their way into his poetry. when keats get a degree during working in the hospital.he observes many things.
Love of nature keats had a deep love for nature and its effect on emotion and imagination keats uses symbol images and metaphor to use his attention and emotional lyricism in poetry is a beautiful poetry where he is known for conveying personal through and emotion instead of saying long stories.lyricism in Keats poetry often arrive from the association of emotional intensity sensory and musical make keats poetry more beautiful and attractive use of imagination keats uses imagination to show his inner mind and thought he use vivid imagery.The use of imagination is the skill to make a artistic ability and emotional in the mind our reality.
To conclude all John Keats maintained a special status in English literature. John Keats poetry celebrated for his rich imagination he lived on 25 years but he wrote remarkable poetry .Keats considered that beauty had the power enhance the person soul. Throughout keats poem he examined theme such as love imagination. His believe of negative capability also showed his faith that great poetry include enigma and ambiguity instead of person in clear answer now Keats acknowledge as one of the greatest poet in English literature. his work is very remarkable across the word. Thus John Keats poetic legacy is time less and his effort on English literature on going to encourage era people to read and write.john Keats was died in the age of 25 in London in the year 1821. He was died due to the disease of tuberculosis.H3 was well known as the greatest young literature poet.john Keats told our cohort the main understanding of beauty. John Keats not spend a life as bed of roses though he spend his life very difficult and hard and he enjoy the resentment of life.
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