A Bower Quiet In The Night By John Keats Analysis
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing,
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. (I, 4-13)
Here Keats determines upon the necessity of having beauty in the lives, particularly things of beauty and the poem is one of those very objects. The production of a thing of beauty seems to be all the justification Keats needs to write at this point in the poem and at this stage in his poetic career. He is not speaking of the …show more content…
(I, 25-33)
Keats uses “one short hour” here allegorically: he is not speaking of the passing of beauty but he is speaking about the time which spreads out as wide as humankind itself. Beauty is central to humanity and he is denying that it is mere ornament or supplement. The expression of this poem is the mixture of natural and manmade things of beauty. The similarity in this passage is that the trees are to the temple what the moon is to us. Keats produces Endymion very quickly so this is undoubtedly one of the mistakes that runaway his notice during his editorial corrections but the moon has produced a reproductive power in Keats’ poetry. His love for the moon, poetry, and glory becomes Endymion’s twisting pursuit of a threefold goddess, who appears to Endymion in three separate guises: an unknown nymph, Cynthia, and the Indian …show more content…
Some of them are thinking about their lovers, others are listening to sweet poesy and the rest will like to see again their fellow hunters who become famous in the past times but Endymion does not pay any attention to the world around him and isolates himself from his people's celebration of Pan's festival. They all seem happy except him and he looks very downhearted. His sorrow makes Peona unhappy so she sympathizes with Endymion and takes the determination to do everything for his help. Then he expresses his
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing,
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. (I, 4-13)
Here Keats determines upon the necessity of having beauty in the lives, particularly things of beauty and the poem is one of those very objects. The production of a thing of beauty seems to be all the justification Keats needs to write at this point in the poem and at this stage in his poetic career. He is not speaking of the …show more content…
(I, 25-33)
Keats uses “one short hour” here allegorically: he is not speaking of the passing of beauty but he is speaking about the time which spreads out as wide as humankind itself. Beauty is central to humanity and he is denying that it is mere ornament or supplement. The expression of this poem is the mixture of natural and manmade things of beauty. The similarity in this passage is that the trees are to the temple what the moon is to us. Keats produces Endymion very quickly so this is undoubtedly one of the mistakes that runaway his notice during his editorial corrections but the moon has produced a reproductive power in Keats’ poetry. His love for the moon, poetry, and glory becomes Endymion’s twisting pursuit of a threefold goddess, who appears to Endymion in three separate guises: an unknown nymph, Cynthia, and the Indian …show more content…
Some of them are thinking about their lovers, others are listening to sweet poesy and the rest will like to see again their fellow hunters who become famous in the past times but Endymion does not pay any attention to the world around him and isolates himself from his people's celebration of Pan's festival. They all seem happy except him and he looks very downhearted. His sorrow makes Peona unhappy so she sympathizes with Endymion and takes the determination to do everything for his help. Then he expresses his