Answer to Question #235263 in Economics for KAT

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Question: As a poet of nature, Keats employs profound imagery in his poetry. Analyse various
images and their implications in arry three of his poems?

Answer 1

One of the concepts of nature that are found in the works of Keats is nature as a single principle, as an indivisible force acting in its own interests. The writer often associates this understanding with mythology, but here he has discrepancies. On the one hand, nature - the goddess of Olympus, rules the world along with the rest of the gods; on the other, it breaks up into several incarnations - gods who are responsible for its various spheres (Neptune, Pan, Diana, Flora). Finally, nature can be viewed as a phenomenon akin to the almighty God, governing not only people, earthly flora, and fauna but also the gods of Olympus.

Let us turn to the "Translation of Ronsard's sonnet". Nature appears as the most powerful of all earthly and heavenly forces. In this poem, Keats speaks of her as if she were a creature that wants something and achieves its goals.

She deliberately leaves Cassandra in the sky, decorates her. Nature is not a reflexive force, it does not just exist, but creates and acts according to its own laws. Consequently, all of its global and minor manifestations have expediency. It is important to note that for Keats, nature is multifaceted and among its incarnations, there is often a struggle. This attitude of the poet to its most ambitious manifestation was reflected in the sonnet "Ailes's Rock". Here two elements are vividly represented, which collide with each other for the right to rule a huge mountain. Keats uses the technique of indirect figurative parallelism.