Ode on Melancholy
1. From what source does Keats' get the idea of “Ode on Melancholy?”
Ans: Keats gets the idea of “Ode on Melancholy” from Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy.
2. "No, no, go not to Lethe" – Whom does Keats address here?
Ans: Keats addresses every melancholic person and asks him/her not to go to Lethe for getting rid of melancholy.
3. What is Lethe?
Ans: Lethe is the river of forgetfulness.
4. What is Wolf's bane?
Ans: Wolf's bane is a highly poisonous flowering plant.
5. What is nightshade? [NU 2018]
Ans: Nightshade is a poisonous plant, the leaf and root of which are used to make medicine.
6. Who was Proserpine?
Ans: Proserpine was a Greek goddess, daughter of Zeus and the earth-goddess Demeter.
7. What is peony?
Ans: Peony is a large, showy flower.
8. Where according to Keats, is true melancholy found?
Ans: According to Keats, true melancholy is found in beauty, joy and pleasure.
9. What is the source of melancholy?
Ans: Anything that beautiful, joyful, pleasing or delightful is the source of melancholy.
10. Whom does Melancholy dwell with?
Ans: Melancholy dwells with Beauty that must die.
11. What dwells with beauty as Keats says in 'Ode on Melancholy'?
Ans: As Keats says in 'Ode on Melancholy', melancholy dwells with beauty.
12. Where does true melancholy live?
Ans: True melancholy lives with dying beauty, parting joy and aching pleasure.
13. What is the theme of the poem “Ode on Melancholy”?
Ans: The theme of the poem “Ode on Melancholy” is how to embrace melancholy and depression and how to make the most of it.
14. What does melancholy conquer?
Ans: Melancholy conquers the soul of the person who has perceived the actual nature of melancholy.
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