Ode to Psyche (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Keats
- First Published: 1820
- Type of Work: Ode
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Ode
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Nature, Dreams, Spiritual life or spirituality, Gods or goddesses, Worship, Temples
The Poem
“Ode to Psyche,” made up of sixty-seven lines, is divided into four stanzas of varying lengths. Although iambic pentameter is the dominant meter of the poem, John Keats often includes lines of iambic trimeter as well. The rhyme scheme is generally in a quatrain form of abab, but rhyming couplets are also employed. This technical complexity is typical of the ode form.
The poem begins with a direct address to the goddess Psyche, the personification of the human soul, and this one-sided conversation continues thoughout the poem. Keats himself is the...
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