Essay on Keats When I Have Fears

In his English sonnet “When I Have Fears” (pg. 17, Vendler), John Keats attempts to put into words the human emotions felt when dealing with death. I believe that Keats wrote this poem to describe the natural order of emotions he went through while thinking of his own mortality. The tone of the sonnet takes a “roller coaster” course throughout the poem from one quatrain to the next. With careful examination one can see that Keats …

…wonderful job expressing how the human mind works throughout his poem, “When I Have Fears.” Sometimes when dwelling on one particular fear or idea, the mind can be sent on a roller coaster ride that climbs and falls from one emotion to the next. This, I believe, is the best and only way to describe the different emotions throughout the poem. Bibliography WORKS CITED Vendler, Helen Poems – Poets – Poetry Keats, John “When I Have Fears”