The Sonnet

(1 ) How has Keats ' use of form and language created the particular thoughts and feelings that you experience in reading this sonnet ? In answering the question , your main focus should be on relating the various technical and formal decisions made by the poet to the overall intellectual and emotional effect of this sonnet . You should identify which type of sonnet Keats has chosen to write by looking at the progression of its thought in conjunction with its rhyme scheme . You should also consider such things as : its poetic voice and tone its use

br of punctuation , enjambment and caesura its choice of imagery and any other diction or language that strikes you as being important in creating the pace , the mood and the sentiments that , in your opinion help to make this sonnet a success . You should write no more than 400 words . Apart from a dictionary , do not consult any secondary sources (including those from the Internet

Bright Star , Would I Were Stedfast As Thou Art is said to have been written by John Keats right after his engagement to Fanny Brawne , a fellow English poet . The passionate aura of that stage in John Keats life alone is a big factor in the development of a romantic masterpiece like Bright Star , Would I Were Stedfast As Thou Art . Evident and apparent not only in the aforementioned sonnet , but to all compositions of John Keats is his elaborate choice of words and very sensational imagery . It is no wonder he is one of the main pioneers of England 's Romantic Movement

The sonnet follows the Shakespearean sonnet with ababcdcdefefgg rhyming scheme . It is classified under the type of sonnet that made William Shakespeare a legend , writing 154 great sonnet pieces in Keats was particular in his iambic pentameter rhyming scheme and structure of the entire sonnet . The lines in the sonnet are written with the use of comma as caesura . In some phrases that seem to be a question the author did not use question marks instead , he divided the line in a sense that it will look like it is asking a question (most of the questions in the sonnet are rhetorical . With John Keats ' strict poetic structuring in combination with creative imagination and deep emotion the sonnet is a marvel . Each of the fourteen (14 ) lines of the sonnet is a product of an impressive and outstanding blend of poetic mastery and human inspiration . Thus , each phrase touches the heart of its readers as if it is them talking in the poem

The persona in the sonnet is very dreamy . He is wandering and talking to a bright star in the sky wishing that he could be as steadfast as the former . An overflowing loving emotion was set up by the author John Keats by his use of language . He chose words that are very appealing by themselves and combined them together making a picture of a man dreaming under the bright starry skies in the beauty of the...