1、Keatss poetry describes the beauty of the natural world and art as the vehicle for his poetic imagination. His skill with poetic imagery and sound reproduces this sensuous experience for his reader. His poetry evolves over his brief career from this love of nature and art into a deep compassion for
2、humanity.,John Keats (1795-1821),John Keats (1795-1821),Life Story Major Literary Works Major Features of Keatss Poetry His Position in English Literature,Life Story,He was born in London on October 31, 1795; His father died when he was nine and his mother died when he was fifteen. Apprenticed to a
3、surgeon-apothecary(外科药剂商） in 1811; Studied medicine at Guys Hospital in London from 1815-1816; became a licensed apothecary （药剂师）in 1816; Published his first book, Poems, in 1817; Died in Rome on February 23, 1821.,Major Literary Works,Produced a variety of work, including epic, lyric （抒情诗）and narra
4、tive poems. Odes(颂诗,赋） are regarded as Keatss most important and mature works Lines in Imitation of Spenser仿斯宾塞 (1814): his first poem On First Looking into Chapmans Homer (1816): his first important poem Sleep and Poetry (1817): expression of his own poetic aspirations,Ode to a Nightingale,夜莺颂,Ode
5、to a Nightingale（夜莺颂）,My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness, - That thou, light-winged
6、Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease.,我的心在痛，困顿和麻木 刺进了感官，有如饮过毒鸠， 又象是刚刚把鸦片吞服， 于是向着列斯忘川下沉： 并不是我嫉妒你的好运， 而是你的快乐使我太欢欣 因为在林间嘹亮的天地里， 你呵，轻翅的仙灵， 你躲进山毛榉的葱绿和荫影， 放开歌喉，歌唱着夏季。,Major Features of Keatss Poetry,characterized by ex
7、act and closely knit construction, sensual description, force of imagination,; always sensuous, colorful and rich in imagery; One great message - the lasting power of beauty and its union with truth. Major subject matters of his poems love & beauty and suffering & death,His Position in English Liter
8、ature,Known as a sensuous poet (给人以美的享受的诗人). A voice through which beauty expresses itself. He is, like Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth, one of the indisputable great English poets.,His Death,Died in Rome of Tuberculosis（肺结核）He was buried in the Protestant cemetery (新教徒公墓) by the Aurelian wall (奥勒利安壁垒),Keatss grave in Rome,On his tomb are carved, according to his own request ， the words: “Here lies one whose name was writ in water.” (此地长眠者，声名水上书),Thank you!,蔺美玉学号：20080503100608英语一班,
