John Keats - Themes - Nature

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John Keats - Themes - Nature
Subject: English
Paper II
Section Poetry - John Keats
Question
Level O/H
By Beau x1


  • Lusted for nature.
“Cooled for a long age in the deep delved earth
Tasting of flora and the country green”
  • Use of imagery + concise description.
  • Fixation of nature = desire to escape like in Nightingale.
  • Desire fuelled by industrial revolution. Chases the bird = key out of vociferous life.
  • Created vivid perception of reality. Lets him comprehend his dream world of beauty/nature.
  • Always returns to reality in final stanzas, but more accepting of reality.
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