"When I have fears that I may cease to be"

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Year written and published

Written in 1818 and published in 1848

What does Keats mean when he describes love as a "faery power"?

Love is like fairys, it does not truly exist in the real world.

What does Keats compare his mind to?

Nature

Why does Keats use repetition of the word "never"?

The word never is showing how Keats believes he will not get to accomplish many things before he dies.

What kind of poem is this

sonnet

Keats had a desire for what two things that are shown in this poem?

success and love

Keats shows that he was fascinated with his own what?

Demise (death of a person)

Rhyme scheme of this poem

ABABCDCDEFEF GG

Themes

Ambition, love, death, and natural world

The simile in line 4 of "hold like rich garners the full ripened grain" is comparing what?

Comparing the similarities between language and wheat in a grain bin.

Meter of this poem

iambic pentameter

What is Keats meaning when he says he sits on the shore looking at the wide world?

He is looking at the world as a whole and realizes his desires are small compared to the problems in the outside world.

What does Keats scared will happen to him?

He is scared he will die before love and success come into his life

Why does Keats look to the starred night sky?

He looks to it for comfort and to help him with his problems and worries about death

The use of personification in line 5 of "the night's starred face" means what?

It allows the speaker to interact with the starry face like he would a person.


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