(Keats) Men
- Created by: NHow02
- Created on: 19-05-19 20:59
View mindmap
- Men
- Ode to Psyche
- 'I wandered in a forest thoughtlessly'
- 'forest' to 'gardener'
- Tame image suggests he is overwhelmedby women (as he is by nature)
- Keats wants to lure her into a managed/ controlled environment
- Tame image suggests he is overwhelmedby women (as he is by nature)
- A forest is typically a symbol of the subcons-cious
- Keats uses a natural metaphor to describe his tumultuous thoughts
- John Jones: incapable of 'jostling in the real world'
- Fricatives create a suffocating effect (overcome by internal thoughts)
- Keats uses a natural metaphor to describe his tumultuous thoughts
- 'forest' to 'gardener'
- 'A casement ope at night'
- Only open at night (limited freedom + only observing society/ reality)
- Fears he will not be able to experience 'true love' in time (experience of death)
- Keats was painfully aware of his own mortality (his brother died in 1802 + mother in 1810)
- Fears he will not be able to experience 'true love' in time (experience of death)
- Only open at night (limited freedom + only observing society/ reality)
- 'I wandered in a forest thoughtlessly'
- La Belle Dame
- 'I shut her wild wild eyes'
- Use of pronouns creates a possessive effect (paired with decisive 'shut') POWER PLAY
- Repetition of 'wild' suggests infatuation (woman is actually in control)
- 'knight' & 'warriors'
- Incite images of nobility (encourages sympathy with the male voice)
- Repetition of 'O' creates a romantic narrative voice (dream-like atmosphere)
- Victorians were especially interested in the psychology of dreams
- Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams was published in 1899
- Victorians were especially interested in the psychology of dreams
- 'language strange' + 'starved lips'
- Repetition of 'O' creates a romantic narrative voice (dream-like atmosphere)
- Victorians were especially interested in the psychology of dreams
- Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams was published in 1899
- Victorians were especially interested in the psychology of dreams
- 'strange' suggests miscommunication (illusion)
- Dialogue is hinted rather than stated (men misinterpret women, and blame them)
- Keats' relationship with Fanny Brawne never became a reality
- Dialogue is hinted rather than stated (men misinterpret women, and blame them)
- Repetition of 'O' creates a romantic narrative voice (dream-like atmosphere)
- 'I shut her wild wild eyes'
- St Agnes
- 'A casement high'
- 'A casement ope at night'
- Only open at night (limited freedom + only observing society/ reality)
- Fears he will not be able to experience 'true love' in time (experience of death)
- Keats was painfully aware of his own mortality (his brother died in 1802 + mother in 1810)
- Fears he will not be able to experience 'true love' in time (experience of death)
- Only open at night (limited freedom + only observing society/ reality)
- Godly status + angelic quality (unreachable e.g. Fanny)
- Also an image of entrapment
- 'A casement ope at night'
- 'silken hushed and chaste'
- Sensuous sibilance imitates the rustle of silk (creates a claustrophobic effect)
- Keats to Fanny - you are 'cruel to have so entrammelledme, so destroyed my freedom'
- Menand: 'a horror of female sexuality'
- 'throbbing', 'flushed' & 'rose blendeth'
- Menand: 'a horror of female sexuality'
- Keats to Fanny - you are 'cruel to have so entrammelledme, so destroyed my freedom'
- Women likened to materialistic qualities (objectified/ shallow)
- Only sees outward beauty
- Keats claims he would not spend 'anytime with ladies unless they are handsome'
- Keats lived in a patriarchal society where the feminine ideal still existed
- Only sees outward beauty
- Sensuous sibilance imitates the rustle of silk (creates a claustrophobic effect)
- 'A casement high'
- Ode to Psyche
Comments
No comments have yet been made