Ode to Psyche – John Keats
Ode to Psyche – John Keats Introduction “Ode to Psyche” is one of the major poems of the English Romantic poet John Keats . Written in 1819 , it is the first of Keats’s great odes of that year. The poem is addressed to Psyche , the Greek goddess associated with the soul. Keats imagines discovering Psyche in a beautiful natural setting with Cupid. He realizes that Psyche has been neglected by the ancient world because she is a relatively late addition to Greek mythology. The poet therefore makes a remarkable promise: he will become Psyche’s priest and build a temple for her within his own imagination. The poem celebrates love, beauty, imagination, nature, mythology, and the power of poetry . About the Poet – John Keats John Keats (1795–1821) was one of the great second-generation English Romantic poets. Although his poetic career was short, he produced some of the most famous poems in English literature. Keats's poetry is characterized by: Beauty Imagination Sensuous imagery Natur...