“Was he not like Keats? she asked” (85).
John Keats is a famous English poet from the Romantic period. Woolf’s allusion to him continues a connection to the arts in the novel. Septimus’s appreciation for Keats suggests that he finds a sense of comfort in poetry, and because Septimus is a character parallel to Clarissa, that perhaps she finds comfort in poetry as well, even though her husband disapproves of expressing feeling and emotion. By referring to Keats, Woolf acknowledges and accepts that which Clarissa’s husband dislikes, and creates a contrast between her characters.
Works Cited:
"Biography." John Keats. 28 Sept. 2008 http://www.john-keats.com/.
John Keats is a famous English poet from the Romantic period. Woolf’s allusion to him continues a connection to the arts in the novel. Septimus’s appreciation for Keats suggests that he finds a sense of comfort in poetry, and because Septimus is a character parallel to Clarissa, that perhaps she finds comfort in poetry as well, even though her husband disapproves of expressing feeling and emotion. By referring to Keats, Woolf acknowledges and accepts that which Clarissa’s husband dislikes, and creates a contrast between her characters.
Works Cited:
"Biography." John Keats. 28 Sept. 2008 http://www.john-keats.com/.
Kim, you've got a clear analytical voice working throughout this concordance -- the use of 'suggest' .. and Woolf 'acknowledges'
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