I generally do enjoy poetry by Keats, and this was a really good little collection.

He creates a vivid and rich image with his words, and despite the age of his poetry it is still quite easy to read and understand. I liked the way used myths, such as in Ode to Psyche; it was something that was fun and interesting for me. ( )

I generally do enjoy poetry by Keats, and this was a really good little collection.

He creates a vivid and rich image with his words, and despite the age of his poetry it is still quite easy to read and understand. I liked the way used myths, such as in Ode to Psyche; it was something that was fun and interesting for me. ( )

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Having never read anything by Keats before, but having heard a lot of it, I was really looking forward to this collection of five of his poems.

The poem of the title is the longest and it is, as his other poems, very visual. It really tells a story, and while this is a nice change for the other poetry so far in the Little Black Classic collection, it also became slightly dull after a while. It is a long story, and my thought wandered after a while, wondering if it couldn't have been a bit shorter.

Nevertheless a nice introduction.

Little Black Classic #13 ( )

I will probably always enjoy Keats. I will always enjoy la belle dame sans merci as well. ( )

I liked the Eve of St Agnes but Lamia bored me brainless and the last left me indifferent. I felt this is another one that would benefit from some explainitary notes on historical / mythical references ( )

A narrative poem about a girl who asks St. Agnes to give her a vision of her future husband and wakes to find her admirer Prothero, an enemy of her family, sitting by her bed ready to take her away. ( )