... genius he has subsequently been accredited with. These works, although they have been subjected to much critical analysis, remain the "ultimate expression of Keats's genius" and as such "secure his reputation as a great poet." (Englishhistory.net). The Odes are poems of imaginative meditation, exploring the reaction of Keats to an intense contemplation of an object, creature or mythical goddess (Hollindale 1988:54). These ... weakness of man's estate with far more conviction and an overriding sense of grief. As scepticism reasserts itself, the poet is drawn back from the timelessness of...

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