Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET (WRITTEN IN ANSWER TO A SONNET ENDING THUS: -), by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blue! 'tis the life of heaven, - the domain Last Line: When in an eye thou art alive with fate! Variant Title(s): "blue Eyes (answer To A Sonnet Ending Thus: -);""blue! 'tis The Life Of Heaven, - The Domain""; Subject(s): Admiration; Eyes | ||||||||
BLUE! 'T is the life of heaven, -- the domain Of Cynthia, -- the wide palace of the sun, -- The tent of Hesperus, and all his train, -- The bosom of clouds, gold, gray, and dun. Blue! 'T is the life of waters -- ocean And all its vassal streams: pools numberless May rage, and foam, and fret, but never can Subside, if not to dark-blue nativeness. Blue! Gentle cousin of the forest-green, Married to green in all the sweetest flowers -- Forget-me-not, -- the blue-bell, -- and, that queen Of secrecy, the violet: what strange powers Hast thou, as a mere shadow! But how great, When in an Eye thou art alive with fate! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ DUST IN THE EYES by ROBERT FROST THE CEREMONY OF OPENING THE MOUTH AND THE EYES by FORREST GANDER YOUR EYES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THROUGH A GLASS EYE, LIGHTLY by CAROLYN KIZER A DREAM, AFTER READING DANTE'S EPISODE OF PAULO & FRANCESCA by JOHN KEATS |
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