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Solitude and Intensity: the Romantic Style of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson's poetry frequently incorporates the color white, not as a symbol of purity or innocence, but as an emblem of intense emotion and passion, exemplified by her use of "white heat" as a metaphor for the soul's fervor....
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Use of Poetry and Color Themes in The Great Gatsby
"The Great Gatsby," is a short novel that is rich in language, F. Scott Fitzgerald aimed to create a work that not only captured the essence of the Jazz Age but also transcended it through poetic beauty and intricate patterns. Drawing...
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A poem 'To John' Keats by Inua Ellams
FT Weekend Festival 2021 commissioned Inua Ellams to write a response to Keats's classic work 'To Autumn' marking his 200th anniversary. The animated poem 'To John' exposes the impact of humans on nature over those 200 years.
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Emily Dickinson - I Died for Beauty - But was scarce
What ideals are worth living and dying for? Could anything be so important? Emily Dickinson’s ‘I died for Beauty – but was scarce’ ponders the weight of human ideals and self-sacrifice. Enjoy this timeless masterpiece with our vibrant...
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Counting our Own Hours: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
Because he died so young, Keats' poetry is often read biographically. Readers usually come to the consensus that his death at 25 years of age robbed the world of one of its greatest writers. And Keats certainly thought his early death...
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Transiance: Ode on a Grecian Urn
The Romantic poet John Keats wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn" less than two years before his death from tuberculous. Though an ekphrasis (a piece of art about a piece of art), the poem's final message goes beyond the titular urn to explore...
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Cannes Film Festival 2009:Bright Star Press Conference
INTERVIEW Jane Campion on how she got to know Keats through numerous resources at the Cannes Film Festival 2009:Bright Star Press Conference at Cannes . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Cannes Film Festival 2009:Bright Star Press Conference
INTERVIEW Ben Whishaw on the humorous side of Keats and INTERVIEW Jane Campion on why people wanted to be around Keats at the Cannes Film Festival 2009:Bright Star Press Conference at Cannes . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Letter shines light on short-lived romantic poet, Keats
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
That's a line from 'Endymion', a poem by English romantic poet John Keats, first published in 1818.
Branded a 'cockney poet' during his lifetime, Keats's posthumous influence on poetry and...