discuse medievalism in Keats the eve. of st. agnes
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An important point about Keats's medievalism is its stress upon passion and the romantic background of that passion rather than upon action and thrilling adventure. If Sir Walter Scott had written The Eve of St. Agnes, he would have made Porphyro light with his enemies in order to thrill us.
Explanation:
An important point about Keats’s medievalism is its stress upon passion and the romantic background of that passion rather than upon action and thrilling adventure. If Sir Walter Scott had written The Eve of St. Agnes, he would have made Porphyro light with his enemies in order to thrill us. But Keats shows his hero entering stealthily into the castle with his heart on fire for Madeline, feasting his eyes upon her physical charms and playing on a lute for her till she wakes up and the two “melt”‘ into each other. The note of passion, indeed, is emphasised. When the moon throws its beautiful light on Madeline’s breast, Porphyro grows faint with love and desire. On seeing Madeline undressing herself in order logo to bed, Porphyro feels that he is in Paradise. His soul aches with love. When she opens her eyes, he sinks upon her knees. She heaves many sighs and speaks in voluptuous tones, while he keeps gazing on her in an appealing manner. Addressing her passionately, he says, “My Madeline! sweet dreamer! lovely bride!” Indeed the whole poem throbs with passion. The same is the case in La Belle Dame Sans Merci. There is hardly a story or a plot in this poem. Keats sets before us, with imagery drawn from the medieval world of enchantment and knighterrantry, a type of the wasting power of love. The imagery powerfully expresses the passion of the knight.
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