JOHN KEATS’S SENSUOUS IMAGERY IN“WHEN I HAVE FEARS THAT I MAY CEASE TO BE”
When I have fears that I may cease to be, by John Keats, portrays the poet’s fear of dying young and being unable to fulfill his ideal as a writer and loses his beloved. Based on the use of sensuous imagery, it is clear that visual image dominates the use of imagery and there are two major thought g...
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| Language: | English |
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Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)
2011-02-01
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| Series: | TEFLIN Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/21 |
| Summary: | When I have fears that I may cease to be, by John Keats, portrays the poet’s fear of dying young and being unable to fulfill his ideal as a writer and loses his beloved. Based on the use of sensuous imagery, it is clear that visual image dominates the use of imagery and there are two major thought groups: 1) Keats expresses his fear of dying young (lines 1-12); he fears that he will not fulfill himself as a writer (lines 1-8) and that he will lose his beloved (lines 9-12); 2) Keats resolves his fears by asserting the unimportance of love and fame in the concluding two and a half lines. |
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| ISSN: | 0215-773X 2356-2641 |