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Through an unusually fevered summer in 1819, John Keats imbued “Ode to a Nightingale” with urgent questions, blending his own awareness of illness and fragility with the philosophical longings of Romanticism. The poem arose as London swelled with tension...
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The traditional interpretation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘Christabel’, first published in 1816, presents a gothic narrative steeped in moral allegory. Within the tale, Christabel, the innocent maiden, encounters Geraldine, a mysterious and...
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Andrew Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is an iconic poem that is often seen as a classic embodiment of the carpe diem tradition in literature. Marvell, a renowned metaphysical poet, uses eloquent language and compelling metaphors to advocate seizing...
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Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (1832) is a tale of a cursed lady punished for her wrongdoings. At least, so we were taught. But what if you knew that, beneath the layers of this enigmatic poem, lurks the familiar undertone of a deep-seated...
by Romantic Poems | | Love Poems, Poem Analysis
Pablo Neruda, the celebrated Chilean poet, is known for his passionate and romantic works that explore the complexities and depths of the human experience. “Love Sonnet XI” is no exception, as the speaker in this poem expresses an intense love and desire...
