This use
of the negative is a reminiscence of Milton.
of the negative is a reminiscence of Milton.
Keats
_unseen parent dear.
_ Coelus, since the air is
invisible.
l. 168. _no . . . grove. _ 'Sophist and sage' suggests the philosophers
of ancient Greece.
l. 170. _locks not oozy. _ Cf. _Lycidas_, l. 175, 'oozy locks'.
This use
of the negative is a reminiscence of Milton.
ll. 171-2. _murmurs . . . sands. _ In this description of the god's
utterance is the whole spirit of the element which he personifies.
PAGE 177. ll. 182-7. Wise as Saturn was, the greatness of his power had
prevented him from realizing that he was neither the beginning nor the
end, but a link in the chain of progress.
PAGE 178. ll. 203-5. In their hour of downfall a new dominion is
revealed to them--a dominion of the soul which rules so long as it is
not afraid to see and know.
invisible.
l. 168. _no . . . grove. _ 'Sophist and sage' suggests the philosophers
of ancient Greece.
l. 170. _locks not oozy. _ Cf. _Lycidas_, l. 175, 'oozy locks'.
This use
of the negative is a reminiscence of Milton.
ll. 171-2. _murmurs . . . sands. _ In this description of the god's
utterance is the whole spirit of the element which he personifies.
PAGE 177. ll. 182-7. Wise as Saturn was, the greatness of his power had
prevented him from realizing that he was neither the beginning nor the
end, but a link in the chain of progress.
PAGE 178. ll. 203-5. In their hour of downfall a new dominion is
revealed to them--a dominion of the soul which rules so long as it is
not afraid to see and know.
