romantics ao3

Keats

the great odes

wrote 6 odes in 1819 . some believed them to form thematic whole arranged in sequences representing a new type of short lyrical poems ,developing psychological thinking

nightingale bird

a symbol associated with poetic and artistic inspiration .

In Ode to a Nightingale, Keats uses the bird’s song as a gateway to escape the pain of human existence. The nightingale becomes a symbol of immortal beauty, contrasting with the poet’s own mortality.

Nature as refuge: The bird’s presence in a “melodious plot of beechen green” reflects the Romantic ideal of nature as a sanctuary from industrial and emotional turmoi

negative capability

efers to the ability to embrace uncertainty, ambiguity, and doubt without the need for logical resolution.

ambiguity- an overwhelming feeling . set asides truth to experience the subjective feeling of mystery

family death

Keats mam tied of turbiulocus when he was 15. he suffered from anxiety as he worked in medicine and was surrounded by death and suffering.

own death

Keats died 1821 from tb and suffered from years when he wrote his poetry . he spent it isolation and watching fanny brawe ( his neighbour / lover) from his window .

he contemplates death in his odes .

shelly and William Goodwin

Percy Bysshe Shelley, a key Romantic poet, was deeply influenced by William Godwin, his father-in-law and a radical philosopher who championed reason, individual liberty, and political reform. Shelley admired Godwin’s ideals, which shaped his poetry’s themes of rebellion, utopianism, and emotional intensity