Author: Hari Shankar Mukherjee

Abstract: The odes show a journey towards the meaning of existence through actual human experience as well as the intense experience to be found in art. In his letter to Reynolds,Keats clearly stated his purpose by comparing life to “a large Manson of many apartments” in which he describes his journey from the infant or thoughtless chamber to dark passages through the delightful chamber of the maiden thought.In these poems, we find a dialogue between transience and eternity,climaxing not in the beauty- truth equation but the mood of acceptance.From the romantic anguish, he moves on to what Arnold said the ability to see life in its wholeness which is so characteristic of Hellenism.

Keywords: existence, eternity,transience,wholeness, Hellenism.

Article Info: Received: 12 Nov 2020; Received in revised form: 02 Feb 2021; Accepted: 19 Feb 2021; Available online: 05 Mar 2021

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.62.2