Ode To Autumn Flashcards
1
Q
What year
A
1819
2
Q
As a romantic poet what did he focus on
A
Romanticism: Nature, Beauty, Truth, Mortality
3
Q
What did Keats ode to
A
Keats’ odes allude to an ancient Greek, Arcadian past, with a focus on sensuousness and the beauty of the Imagination.
4
Q
Why was Keats so aware of death
A
Keats’ awareness of death – nursing his brother who died of TB; his loss of his parents; sense of his own illness and mortality (dying aged 26 in 1821).
5
Q
What did he think of the industry of agriculture
A
Impact of industry on agricultural practice
Keats: “the truth is there is something real in the world” (on his brother’s sickness)
