Ode to melancholy Flashcards
1
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summary stanza 1
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the speaker gives the reader advice on how to deal with melancholy
should not forget your melancholy
he warns against death
as it will numb the experience of suffering
2
Q
summary stanza 2
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instead to surround themselves with natures beauty
or the beauty of a lover
3
Q
summary stanza 3
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explains that beuty and joy and pleasure ar fleeting
because of this mlancholy
if you overwlm yourself with beauty abd joy melancholy will triamph over your soul
