Analysis of John Keats' Ode on Melancholy

G. P. Xavier
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Published 2023-11-03
In his Ode on Melancholy, Keats actively embraces the reality of process and finds that sadness and joy are inseparable. Helen Vendler explains the meaning of this great poem.

This is the fifth video in a series on the Odes of John Keats, based on the interpretation by literary critic Helen Vendler in the book of the same name. Watch the others here:
   • The Odes of John Keats (Helen Vendler)  

0:00 Introduction
1:17 The Poem
3:07 Vendler's Analysis
5:11 Structural Shape
9:36 Constitute Trope
11:55 Canceled 1st Stanza
13:11 Poem as Quest
14:07 Syntax of the Poem
16:56 Resolutions
22:59 Sensation and Thought
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