ODE ON MELANCHOLY’S THREE STAGES OF THE INDIVIDUAL-NATURE RELATIONSHIP

Abstract

This study discusses the individual-nature relationship in John Keatss Ode on Melancholy in light of Samuel Taylor Coleridges poetic theories concerning this concept which are incubated by his poem, Dejection: An Ode. Furthermore, it presents, in a poetic expression, a critical analysis of Keatss ode as strong mutual relationship between individual and nature. The sensory relationship of Keats with nature is the main focus of this study keeping into consideration that is identical with Coleridges poetic theories. Coleridges opinions concerning the individual-nature relationship are exposed consistently in Dejection: An Ode. The relationship starts, according to Coleridge, when the individual perceives nature then ascends to form spiritual unity and becomes one with it. In Keatss Ode on Melancholy, the individual-nature relationship is a beneficial one that is the unification is achieved due to the active role of both of them which makes it easy to apply Coleridges theories that imply the same point of view