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How Does He Develop His Themes?
A Sensuous Analysis of John Keats’ Selected Poems

Shafqat Hussain

Abstract

The current study analyzes the sensuous elements in the poetry of English romantic poet, John Keats. Keats is a renowned poet of Romanticism who was influenced by Greek culture, art and literature. His poetry is generally marked with sensuousness. He develops his theme through sensuous elements. Sensuousness is a poetic technique through which poets create the senses of meanings by words. It comprises human senses. Poetry generally consists of such elements but, sensuousness in the poetry of John Keats is hallmark.

However, this research analyzes sensuous elements and develops the idea of generating themes through such elements. It is qualitative descriptive research which consists of Textual Analysis Method of research. It follows the theoretical framework of Sensuousness to comprehend a systematic conclusion of research problem. The framework is developed after reviewing related previous literature. The data are generated from two sources, primary and secondary. The primary data include eight poems of John Keats. The poems are analyzed through the lens of sensuousness to reach sensuous elements. The findings of this research manifest that Keats has marvelously utilized all human senses to develop his theme of nature, pain, escape, Hellenism, allusion and romanticism. This study helps the readers to understand how sensuous elements work in poetry, and to understand Keats as a great sensuous poet of romantic era.

Keywords: Keats; Poetry; Romanticism; Sensuous Elements

1. Introduction

John Keats was an English Romantic poet who lived from October 31, 1795, to February 23, 1821. Regardless of having been published for four years until he passed away at the age of 25. He belongs to the most important members of the literary giants of romantic literature of second generation, including the figures like Byron and Shelley. Despite the fact that his poems were not well regarded by critics throughout his life, his popularity expanded after his demise, and then by the late nineteenth century, he had established himself as one of the most popular of all English poets. He left a big literary impact on a lot of different figures of his era. His initial meeting with Keats' writings, according to Jorge Luis Borges, was the most crucial intellectual revelation of entire lifetime (Bough, 2021).

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Shafqat Hussain
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University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
shafqat98hussain@gmail.com
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