Keats? ?Bright Star!?

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In John Keats' "Bright Star," the theme conveyed is that love is always in conflict with time, but love inevitably always wins. This paper examines how the theme is best conveyed through the sonnet's structure and logical pattern, its figurative comparisons-such as similes, metaphors and imagery-and its differing tones.

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"The final and most powerful method Keats uses to show the theme of the sonnet is through the contrasting tones. The first tone Keats uses is a negative tone used to give the star, which represents time, cold distant attributes. Although he describes the star as being "steadfast," he quickly mentions its "lone splendor" as it hangs "aloft in the night." This shows the star's re-moteness from earth and human feeling. As the star is said to be "watching, with eternal lids apart," it implies that the star is just watching and not actually participating in life. The star can only be "gazing," and not living or acting."

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