Sonnet on the Sea - Keats

Keats is considering the restorative power of nature and the sublime through the sea, he believes that staying in he city too long is bad - Industrial revolution.

1817 - First book of poetry published, new to poetry, previous year he had completed medical trainging but chose to focus on poetry - his experimentation is clear through his use of a petrachan sonnet.

Petrachan sonnet - reinforces foreign, etheral theme.

Iambic pentametre.

Shift to seset creates a volta with "It" turning to personal pro-noun "ye" - talking directly. 

- A lot of onomatopoeic sibilance - soft - calmness of slow tide.

- Onomatopoeic - "Gluts" personfies sea as hungry, unrelenting - power of nature.

- Romanticism - "Hecate" - Greek Goddess - moon, suggesting allusive / divine power of tides / waves.

- Many double consonants - "swell", "spell", reinforces soothness.

- Alliteration of "t" creates a harsh, impactful sound - waves - portraying aggressivenss / power - "wideness of the sea" = sublime imagery, vastness of the sea / nature.

Admiring nature / powrful / allusive / appreciative