In the first three lines, Keats explains he "fears that I may cease to be", before his "pen has glean'd my teeming brain, before high piled books in charact'ry." This shows that Keats fears that he will not fullfill himself as a writer before he dies. Also he fears to lose his love ones, as described in lines 9-12 of the poem. Keats concludes this poem by resolving his fears by reflecting in the final line of the poem that"Till love and fame to nothingness do sink." Keats believes that the love and fame is worthless when you are alone in the world, because he will never be able to experience the passionate and "fairy power of unreflecting love"(lines 10-11) once he is gone from this world.
Marie,
ReplyDeleteOK synopsis of Keats's sonnet in this short post, but there is not really room for any analysis in this brief paragraph.
I know where you were going with your reflection, but I think that what Keats was trying to convey is that fears are just that fears. They are what holds a person back from ever trying. I believe that he is saying that fear is only a stumbling block and that when he has fears he has to remember the place in which they come from and that if he gives in to his fears he wouldn't be able to write or do anything.
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