The central idea of the poem, ‘The Poetry of Earth’ written by John Keats, is the poetic manifestation of the earth which is symbolised through the songs of various creatures. The song of the earth never ceases, it continues forever. ...
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“That is the Grasshopper”—What is referred to by ‘that’? What does the poet mean to say? Why does the poet use capital letter in Grasshopper?
Here, that’ refers to the song of the grasshopper. In summer, all the birds get tired and feel drowsy in the terrible heat. Therefore they stop singing and seek refuge under the shade of the cooling trees. To continue the ...
“.. he has never done / With his delights’
“.. he has never done / With his delights’- Who is ‘he’? What does ‘he’ do? What does the extract mean? Here, ‘he’ refers to the grasshopper. In ‘The Poetry of Earth’ Keats presents a beautiful picture of summer and ...
“And seems to one in drowsiness half lost, The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.” What does the poet try to convey with these last two lines of the poem?
“And seems to one in drowsiness half lost, The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.” What does the poet try to convey with these last two lines of the poem? The last two lines of the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’ ...