Questions tagged [endymion]
Questions about "Endymion" (1818), a poem by John Keats. Use with [john-keats] and [poetry].
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What did Keats mean by “it is not without a feeling of regret that I make it public” in his preface to "Endymion"?
John Keats, in the Preface to Endymion, wrote:
Knowing within myself the manner in which this poem has been produced, it is not without a feeling of regret that I make it public.
Why did he express ...
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Keats' views on beauty
In the poem Endymion: A poetic romance (1818), the first stanza of Book I (beginning, "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever") focuses a great deal on beauty where Keats presents some of his views on ...
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Are "simple sheep" a biblical reference in Keats' "Endymion"?
In the poem Endymion: A poetic romance (1818), the first stanza of Book I (beginning, "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever") contains the following passage:-
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What are the "lovely tales" in Keats' "Endymion"?
What is Keats saying in the last three lines here?
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read:
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