LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETRY
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The possibility of sudden death
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The expansion of consciousness
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The relationship between art and humanity
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The death of Byron
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Detailed explanation-1: -The poem connects itself to a number of themes. The theme of a myth, as well as that of worship, are predominant. The themes of neglect, love, union, devotion, beauty, and that of appearance and reality also prevail.
Detailed explanation-2: -The critic Harold Bloom suggests that that Psyche symbolizes the human-soul-in-love; hers is a love story, her lover Cupid is the god of love, his mother is the goddess of love, the poet encounters Psyche and Cupid between kisses, and the last line of the poem welcomes love.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Ode to Psyche” is an experiment in the ode genre, and Keats’s attempt at an expanded version of the sonnet format that describes a dramatic scene. The poem serves as an important departure from Keats’s early poems, which frequently describe an escape into the pleasant realms of one’s imagination.
Detailed explanation-4: -Through the force of imagination, the poet knows his creation and exalts in it. Psyche inspires the poet to embody all of the things which she lacks-a “choir, ” “incense sweet, ” an “oracle, ” and a “shrine” among others-and to establish a space which will glorify her in an entirely novel way.