17 apr 1817 anni - Keats writes 'Sonnet on the Sea'

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On 17 April 1817, Keats settled in a room at Carisbrooke, where he started a letter to Reynolds, and wrote a sonnet ‘On the Sea’.

The poem describes the power and mystery of the sea and reflects on its extreme changes of mood – from wild and violent to gentle. The speaker recommends the sea as a cure for those who are weary: the sight of the sea will revive their tired eyes. Similarly anyone whose ears have been bombarded by too much man-made noise will find relief in the magical sounds of waves playing in the mouth of an old sea-cave.

The poem was written in April 1817 on the Isle of Wight. In the letter which Keats wrote to Reynolds, and in which he included a copy of the poem, Keats said that he had been ‘haunted’ by ‘the passage in Lear – “Do you not hear the sea?”’. Keats was referring to King Lear Act 4 Scene 6.

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