A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and imagination the rudder.
John Keats
Poetic Invention, Polar Star, Creative Imagination, Invention, Star, Imagination
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“My spirit is too weak – mortality Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep, And each imagin’d pinnacle and steep Of godlike hardship tells me I must die Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.” John Keats
Weak Spirit, Mortality Weight, Godlike Hardship, Spirit, Mortality, Hardship
John Keats Weak Spirit, Mortality Weight, Godlike Hardship, Spirit, Mortality, Hardship“Life is but a day: A fragile dewdrop on its perilious way From a tree’s summit.” John Keats
Fragile Dewdrop, Fleeting Life, Perilous Journey, Dewdrop, Life, Journey
John Keats Fragile Dewdrop, Fleeting Life, Perilous Journey, Dewdrop, Life, Journey“The world is too brutal for me-I am glad there is such a thing as the grave-I am sure I shall never have any rest till I get there.” John Keats
Brutal World, Grave Rest, Eternal Peace, Rest, Grave, Sorrow
John Keats Brutal World, Grave Rest, Eternal Peace, Rest, Grave, Sorrow“Dry your eyes O dry your eyes, For I was taught in Paradise To ease my breast of melodies.” John Keats
Paradise Melodies, Tear Comfort, Emotional Ease, Melodies, Tears, Paradise
John Keats Paradise Melodies, Tear Comfort, Emotional Ease, Melodies, Tears, Paradise“I have nothing to speak of but my self-and what can I say but what I feel.” John Keats
Self-expression, Emotion, Introspection, Honesty, Uniqueness, Authenticity
John Keats Self-expression, Emotion, Introspection, Honesty, Uniqueness, Authenticity“Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the minds of men.” John Keats
Change, Cycles, Reflection, Seasons, Growth, Transformation
John Keats Change, Cycles, Reflection, Seasons, Growth, Transformation“The poetry of earth is never dead When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide I cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead.” John Keats
Earth Poetry, Cooling Trees, Living Voice, Poetry, Trees, Voice
John Keats Earth Poetry, Cooling Trees, Living Voice, Poetry, Trees, Voice“Or thou might’st better listen to the wind, Whose language is to thee a barren noise, Though it blows legend-laden through the trees.” John Keats
Legend Wind, Tree Whispers, Barren Noise, Wind, Legend, Noise
John Keats Legend Wind, Tree Whispers, Barren Noise, Wind, Legend, Noise“I want a brighter word than bright.” John Keats
Brighter Word, Beyond Bright, Word Light, Bright, Word, Light
John Keats Brighter Word, Beyond Bright, Word Light, Bright, Word, Light“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear’d, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone.” John Keats
Music, Emotion, Imagination, Beauty, Transcendence, Feelings
John Keats Music, Emotion, Imagination, Beauty, Transcendence, Feelings“I will clamber through the clouds and exist.” John Keats
Cloud Clamber, Defiant Existence, Ethereal Journey, Clamber, Existence, Journey
John Keats Cloud Clamber, Defiant Existence, Ethereal Journey, Clamber, Existence, Journey“There is an awful warmth about my heart like a load of immortality.” John Keats
Heart Warmth, Immortal Love, Eternal Passion, Warmth, Love, Passion
John Keats Heart Warmth, Immortal Love, Eternal Passion, Warmth, Love, Passion“Philosophy will clip an angel’s wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine – Unweave a rainbow.” John Keats
Philosophical Limits, Conquered Mysteries, Rainbow Unweaving, Philosophy, Mysteries, Rainbow
John Keats Philosophical Limits, Conquered Mysteries, Rainbow Unweaving, Philosophy, Mysteries, Rainbow“Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success.” John Keats
Highway Success, Sense Failure, Success Path, Failure, Success, Path
John Keats Highway Success, Sense Failure, Success Path, Failure, Success, Path“I have good reason to be content, for thank God I can read and perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.” John Keats
Shakespeare Depths, Literary Understanding, Contentment Reason, Content, Shakespeare, Understanding
John Keats Shakespeare Depths, Literary Understanding, Contentment Reason, Content, Shakespeare, Understanding“O aching time! O moments big as years!” John Keats
Time, Longing, Emotions, Memories, Intensity, Reflection
John Keats Time, Longing, Emotions, Memories, Intensity, Reflection“An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people-it takes away the heat and fever; and helps, by widening speculation, to ease the burden of the mystery.” John Keats
Extensive Knowledge, Widening Speculation, Mystery Ease, Knowledge, Speculation, Mystery
John Keats Extensive Knowledge, Widening Speculation, Mystery Ease, Knowledge, Speculation, Mystery“O for the gentleness of old Romance, the simple planning of a minstrel’s song!” John Keats
Old Romance, Gentle Song, Minstrel Melody, Romance, Song, Melody
John Keats Old Romance, Gentle Song, Minstrel Melody, Romance, Song, Melody