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When I Have Fears, By John Keats

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Time waits on no man and whatever a person thinks is important in life, probably is not because life is a mere moment of time that means nothing in the end unless one has done what 's right to have everlasting life with God. Sometimes life has a way of making humans think they have all the time in the world but in reality, the existence of something comes and goes as if it were only a measly second of time. Time is no friend of man and treats everyone and thing the same, as in time stops for no one. Time is just a part of life that could be long or short. Life is just a cycle in nature and anything that has to do with nature is key to life. In the poem, “When I Have Fears”, by John Keats, he uses nature, the thought of imminent death, and ironic discrepancy to exemplify how short life is on this Earth; so it is best to live it well because …show more content…

“The “and” tells the reader that in addition to this fear of failure in the poetic department, the speaker is also concerned with having never experienced the majesty of solid love or getting another chance to see this potential lover” (Brotter 1). He gazes upon his love but his love may not be looking at him in the same way or death will come before his love even notices him. He fears he will only be able to look upon his love for only a short amount of time because death is preceding him. Then it continues, “ Never relish in the fairy power Of unreflecting love!” (Keats 11-12). “Fairy” and imaginary creature could relate to love as in not actually being there. As for “unreflecting love” his love is not being returned. Both together is the love he feels for her not being returned and is only his mind telling him to love because there may not be much more time for him. His love is so great and he admires the feeling, but it 's as if it 's all in his mind. All together in summary of the lines is, Keats is saying he fears he will miss out on love and his love is not being

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