Myth in Ode to NightingaleName: Vaishali Hareshbhai Jasoliya Class: M.A.Sem.- 2Roll No.: 28Paper No.: 05 ( Romantic Literature)Enrolment No.: 14101028Email ID: jasoliyavaishali@gmail.comYear: 2015-16Submitted to: Department of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Myth in Ode to Nightingale

Introduction of John KeatsHe was born on 31st

October and died in February 1821.

He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poet.

In “Ode to Nightingale” Keats representing nature.

Title: Ode to Nightingale

First published in 1819. The nightingale is a

symbol of beauty. It is a one kind of song. The nightingale song

within the poem is connected to the art of music.

Comparison between the mortal & immortal world.

The story of Philomela in myth Philomela is a minor

figure in Greek mythology.

Her sister, Procne, was the wife of king Tereus of Thrace.

King Pandion of Athens, the father of Philomela and Procne.

Tereus forced her to a cabin or lodges in the woods and raped her.

Tereus threatened for her and cut her tongue but god help her.

She became bird “Nightingale” and escape from death at the hand.

LetheLine: 4 or emptied some dull opiate to the drains

One minute past, and Lethe- words had sunk:

In the extended simile of line 3-4’ opium causes the speaker to lose memory and consciousness.

Dryad Line: 7 – That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees

This line contains another allusion, or reference to another text.

Hippocrene Line-16 – Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,

In Greek myth, “Hippocrene,” was the name of a spring that the winged horse Pegasus created by stamping its hoof into the ground.

BacchusLine: 32- Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,

Bacchus is the Greek god of wine and Drunkenness.

Conclusion

Line: 61 – Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!