Keats Quotations Flashcards
“As constant as her vespers would he watch”
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“olive trees”
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richest juice in poision flowers
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“burning porphyro”
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“speak, kneel, touch, kiss”
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“Flit like a ghost away”
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Faltering hand upon
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Fixed verse form
9 lines long
8 in iambic pentameter
Single alexandrine in iambic hexameter
Rhyme scheme ababbcbcc
Origins from French ballad
Heavily descriptive
Really immerse reader
Vividness of the narrative
Further enhances effect on reader
As it is meant to be read slowly to immerse the reader
And the nine lines lend it to description
Also allowing immersion into the dream-like/otherworldly quality of the poem
Inanimate sculptures brought to life
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The story of the love of Lamia, transformed from serpent to woman, and Lycius. They live, unseen by the world, in her fairy palace. Lycius insists upon marrying her publicly. His old tutor comes to the wedding feast, recognises Lamia’s true nature and denounces her. She disappears and Lycius dies.
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A virgin purest lipped
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blinded Lycius
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“purple lined palace of sweet sin”
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frail and fearful
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