Thinking Activity on John Keats

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Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University English Department of  Prof. Heenaba Zala gave to Students by blog task the Prepare a blog on the Thinking Activity on John Keats: Finding out approaches to Death in Literature. Death, the ultimate reality. People normally don't want to talk about death. They cannot accept it. But writers have some special kind of fascination towards death. Death is always the beloved topic of all writers however their approach to death differ. John Keats in his Ode to Nightingale writes 'half in love with ' and wants to die at midnight with 'easeful' death. One example from Keats is given. Students are supposed to find out how Death is generally dealt with by other writers in literature

In the above poem, it is stated that ‘Death is Nothing at All’ by Henry Scott Holland is a six-piece poem, divided into columns of different lengths. The most unusual verse is the one that comes at the end. It extends into two more sentence-like sentences completing the poem. The poet chooses to speak his main character through a first-person, all-knowing, story perspective in an attempt to make the poem and its message more personal. The perspective allows the reader to look more closely, and to feel more invested in the speaker. Situation. Maybe it will allow the reader to apply the poet's words to their lives. "Death is nothing. It doesn't count. I just slip into the front room. Nothing happened, nothing left like it was me, and you are, and we are. The life we ​​live together in love is untouched, unchanged, whatever we were with each other, it is still there. Call me by an old familiar name. Don't make any difference to your tone, any compelling air of pride or distress. Always laugh at the jokes we have together. Smile, smile, think about me, pray for me. Let my name be a household word as usual. Without effort, without the ghost of the shadow, speak on it. Life is what it is meant to be. It is what it was. What's the point? Why should I care if I'm not out of sight? Wait for the interval, somewhere very close, just around the corner. Everything is fine. Nothing does harm; nothing is lost a moment and before. It will be like. How can we laugh at the difficulty of sharing when we meet again! "

Henry Scott Holland is told by a speaker who is dying and trying to relieve the misery of those who left him behind.

The poem begins with the speaker saying that death does not mean anything. There is no real separation between the deceased and those left behind. It becomes clear that the speaker is, in fact, dead and he is using this poem to tell a particular person who is missing, he / she should not be. They are still the same as each other as before. Nothing has changed in their relationships or the memories they shared.

The concluding speaker of the poem told his listeners that when the time came, he would wait for him to meet the other side and they would be with Christ. Then everyone will be happy and at peace.

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