Keats Imagery “The Eve of Saint Agnes”
Madeline, in her state of innocence and loneliness finds herself being imprisoned in the coldness of her frustration, grief and sorrow before Phorphyro later on brings experience and warmth into her life. In the poem “The Eve of Saint Agnes” the cold imagery plays an important role as it symbolizes the theme of innocence before experience in the poem, the state of loneliness and imprisonment before freedom as her church and religion that imprisons her.The imagery of coldness is described in the setting and background to symbolize Madeline, in her state of darkness, loneliness and chastity before transferring to experience, the contrast to the state of warmth and freedom that Phorphyro is about to bring. These imagery symbolize her religion and the church which constraints her from her feeling of love. The imagery of coldness is mostly mentioned in the first stanza, as it is Madeline’s first state of isolati
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