Yes, that's true. Keats' jealousy also emerges from his letters. Some of his biographers write that Fanny was flirtatious and liked to make him jealous, but I personally believe that they're looking at the matter through the lens of Keats' own insecurity. However, I think we can say that being bedbound with serious illness (tuberculosis in Keats' case), especially if one is young and is expected therefore to be lively and vibrant with energy, is enough to make anybody insecure about their partner going to a party without them. Cheers and thanks for your comment!
It's a reference to the old medical practice of bloodletting. In Keats' day, it was still believed that withdrawing blood from a patient could cure illness. In this context, though, bloodletting is used as a metaphor, as the poet is speaking of his spirit, not his body. So basically in that line he is asking Nature to ease the intense and painful feelings of love that he feels: "Doctor Nature, cure my spirit".
A lovely recitation. Thank you.
I'm glad you appreciated it, Breda! Thank you for listening.
: Then, loveliest!, keep me free,
From torturing jealousy.
{ -- the dark side of love is possession and jealousy -- }
Yes, that's true. Keats' jealousy also emerges from his letters. Some of his biographers write that Fanny was flirtatious and liked to make him jealous, but I personally believe that they're looking at the matter through the lens of Keats' own insecurity. However, I think we can say that being bedbound with serious illness (tuberculosis in Keats' case), especially if one is young and is expected therefore to be lively and vibrant with energy, is enough to make anybody insecure about their partner going to a party without them. Cheers and thanks for your comment!
What does mean by the line "Physician nature let my spirit blood" ??
It's a reference to the old medical practice of bloodletting. In Keats' day, it was still believed that withdrawing blood from a patient could cure illness. In this context, though, bloodletting is used as a metaphor, as the poet is speaking of his spirit, not his body. So basically in that line he is asking Nature to ease the intense and painful feelings of love that he feels: "Doctor Nature, cure my spirit".
@@JohnReadsPoetry Thank you for this explanation
@@shreyasen6493 You're welcome! :-)