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A review by laurenjpegler
The Eve of St Agnes by John Keats
5.0
I always forget how much I love John Keats until I read 'The Eve of St. Agnes' and then I remember just how enchanting and truly poetic he is. This Little Black Classics edition has quickly become one of my favourites; it included all of his best poetry. Inside this collection is 'the Romantic poet's most lyrical, enchanting verse on myth, sensuality, dreams and superstition'.
My favourite thing about these poems - 'The Eve of St. Agnes', 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' & 'Lamia' in particular - were the mythical and fairy-tale likeness of them. They immediately transported me into a foreign and magical world where wood-nymphs and fairies were common, where everything is surrounded by woodlands and nothing feels real. I find that writers either get this right or wrong, and by gosh did Keats get it right. He got it so right. It reminded me so much of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The three poems mentioned above are definitely new favourites of mine; I need to stop neglecting Keats so much because he is truly a remarkable Romantic poet. I'll definitely write up a full review of this for my blog, so once I've done that I'll link it here.
A new favourite of 2017. Please !! Read !!
My favourite thing about these poems - 'The Eve of St. Agnes', 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' & 'Lamia' in particular - were the mythical and fairy-tale likeness of them. They immediately transported me into a foreign and magical world where wood-nymphs and fairies were common, where everything is surrounded by woodlands and nothing feels real. I find that writers either get this right or wrong, and by gosh did Keats get it right. He got it so right. It reminded me so much of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The three poems mentioned above are definitely new favourites of mine; I need to stop neglecting Keats so much because he is truly a remarkable Romantic poet. I'll definitely write up a full review of this for my blog, so once I've done that I'll link it here.
A new favourite of 2017. Please !! Read !!