Good job Dr. Walker you're such a really special person, “creature of an hour” reminds me a Pindar verse, in the VIII Pythic, where he writes «σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος» «man is the shadow of a dream». This thing is connected to the fact that humans are ephemeral creatures “of an hour”, the etymology of ephemeral comes from ἐφήμερος (efèmeros) that in Ancient Greek means “which lasts a day”. That's our nature, what we are "creature of an hour", "shadow of a dream". I hope you'll appreciate this analogy between Keats and Pindar, a big digital hug from Italy Doc. God bless you.

I love some of these shorter videos of you breaking down little poems. This poem has some remarkable similarities to the Ode on Melancholy.

You have a nice way of explaining. Thank you for sharing your insights.

Thanks for sharing! Insightful. I’m not an expert on reading and analyzing poetry but I find the structure interesting. In the beginning there is a repetition of “before” and at the end there is a repetition of “Of” but it is inverted. It is as if Before and Of are mirroring “weights” that are heavy due to the weight of repetition and are literally “sinking” into the poem itself. Perhaps it is intentional because there are the double stressed word combinations: “high-piled” and “wide-world” at the end.

Hello. Thank you for sharing your expertise. I might be a little too late but could you inform me about the date of the letter to Reynolds?

Thank you for this lovely analysis of a great poem. I do love that phrase..."the magic hand of chance". Are you planning to cover any female poets?