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“Ode to Melancholy” is a short poem. In it the author, John Keats, pays respect to the polar emotion that is melancholy. It sounded like Keats was saying that without melancholy a person could not have joy. ... Keats sees that melancholy and joy coexist as well as are contingent on the other. ...
Keats’ life was full of disease, death, despair, and a daily awareness of pain; a daily awareness of joy. ... However, the Romantic in Keats saw past their deaths; he saw past it to find love. ... ”
In the first stanza Keats describes the wrong way to handle melancholy. ... Keats is saying that you should not just ignore the source of your pain or let the sadness fall into oblivion. Johnny Keats says to not kill yourself either. ... Keats conveys that if allow sorrow to consume you, “…drown the wakeful anguish of the soul. ... ”
Keats tells the reader how best to handle or “pursue” melancholy. ... You should go to a garden, smell the flowers or like Keats says, “on the wealth of globed peonies. ... ” In the third stanza, Keats tells the reader that they all are part of each other. ... What Keats meant by “cloudy trophies” are the other dreamers, the other poets, the other romantics that fell prey to sorrow’s call.
Approximate Word count = 966
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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