On Visting the Tomb of Burns

Question 1

Summary

Answer 1

Keats is in admiration and in awe of Burns so visits him to as a mark of respect (Burns was the national poet of Scotland)

Question 2

Form

Answer 2

Petrarchan Sonnet/ Iambic Pentameter – lyrical poem to be spoke whilst playing the lire.

Question 3

‘The town, the churchyard, and the setting sun’

Answer 3

The syndetic list creates a different mood everything endearing, it’s up to the reader to create the image. The positive image of the sun contrasts with the negative image of the churchyard.

Question 4

Truth is beauty and beauty is truth

Answer 4

Keats implies that the reality of beauty is death but how can we enjoy beauty, as he is dead.

Question 5

‘All is beauty; pain is never done’

Answer 5

Paradoxical image not traditionally a warm setting as he is dead