Keat’s & Longfellow Analysis

Jasmine Carter Mr. Gillet A. P. Literature September 20, 2012 Keats and Longfellow twain Keats and Longfellow were poets during the quixotic period. The twain compose poems in which they reflect on their inability to live up to their original probable and the liking that death could intervene at any moment. Longfellow is disappointed in his failures and sees comfort in the past rather than an uncertain future. Moreover, Keats fears he wont accomplish all that he wants, just sees possibility and realizes his grievous goals wont be important after death.While Longfellows tone is fearful, Keats is thankful and hopeful about what life has to offer right now. In both poems, the poets use the literary devices correspondence and symbolism, to depict their particular situation in their own lives, term also using diction with characteristics of quixotic poetry, reflecting their time period. The two poets of When I boast Fears and Mezzo Cammin tell their fear of not attaining what they want in life through the use of parallelism. Keats uses parallelism by starting his first quatrain, as well as the other two, with the word when, conveying that time is moving forward in his life.The use of this word also delivers the idea Keatss youthfulness during the time he wrote this poem, and illustrates his fear of not showing others his writing potential before he is ceased to be. Longfellow uses parallelism in line 9, telling readers hes halfway up the hill and that he sole(prenominal) sees the past. The use of this parallelism depicts his older age and his views on the bitty time he has left to accomplish something major. Both Keats and Longfellow bring forth their ages to get their readers to realize in that respect is not much time left in life, and they must make a choice to do something worthwhile before it is too late.The second sections of the two poems draw attention to the differences in each situation. The two poets use symbolism of something dark Keats u sing the symbol of the nights starred face, while Longfellow uses the symbol of a city in the twilight dim and vast. Both symbols are employ to convey that darkness is equivalent to futures mysteries. The difference in this is that Keats has a positive watch on the mysteries his future holds, whereas Longfellow finds comfort in his past and fear in his uncertain future.Longfellows fears put one over stopped him from accomplishing greatness all together, in something such as building some tower of song. On the other hand, Keats has taken full advantage of the time hes had and is altogether slightly affright that he does not have time to achieve his greatness. Poets in the romantic period felt strongly that literature and nature had the effect to move people. Keats and Longfellow utilize diction characteristics of their romantic style of poetry. In the coupling of Mezzo Cammin, Longfellow declares he hears an autumnal blast above him, referring to the way nature makes him feel .In this case, nature moves him in a negative way conveying his old age, sickness and, most commonly, the death in which he believes is only getting closer. Although it is not used in Keats couplet, he uses the word behold to depict that he sees greatness in his writing and how it would move him, in a positive way, if he accomplished his goal of organism a famous poet. In the couplet of When I Have Fears, we see that Keats believe without beholding greatness, he will be moved in a negative way, (i. e. nothingness).In both poems When I Have Fears and Mezzo Cammin, the poets use the poetic devises parallelism, symbolism and diction with hints of romantic style, to reveal the theme that death only comes closer, but what you do in the time you have left is strictly your choice. The two sonnets, written during the Romantic period, bring forth that outlooks on life can be both negative and positive. They convey the idea that no matter what age you are, there is always some feeling of the fear of death in all of us.