ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The poetry of Keats is characterized by ‘sensuous’ uses of language. The sensuousness of Keats is a striking characteristic of his entire poetry. All his poems including his great odes contain rich sensuous appeal. The odes, which represent the highest poetic achievement of Keats, are replete with sensuous pictures.

Detailed explanation-2: -A sensuous poet uses those word pictures that help the reader to understand the sights and sounds expressed or suggested in a poem . John Keats is best known for his use of such images that appeal to human senses. For this reason, he is often called a sensuous poet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Keats’s epithets rich in sensuous quality Keats is pre-eminently a poet of sensations, whose very thought is clothed in sensuous images. The epithets he uses are rich in sensuous quality-watery clearness, delicious face, melodious plot, azure lidded sleep, sunburnt mirth, embalmed darkness, anguish moist.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sensuousness refers to five human senses such as taste, touch, hearing, sight, and smell. John Keats had a strong and deep knowledge of beauty and sensuousness. He uses this advantage in his writings.