Discuss Keats’s idea of inner worship in Ode to Psyche.
PremiumDiscuss Keats s idea of inner worship in Ode to Psyche In Ode to Psyche John Keats - shows a new kind of worship He does not pray in temples or use rituals Instead he worships with his imagination His heart and mind become the temple of the goddess Psyche Worship through Imagination Psyche is the goddess of the soul She has no temples or songs So Keats feels sorry for Psyche He promises to worship her saying Yes I will be thy priest and build a fane In some untrodden region of my mind Here fane means temple The poet decides to worship her inside his own mind His imagination becomes a holy space Worship through Love and Beauty The poet believes that real worship is loving and feeling beauty deeply He fills his inner temple with Buds and bells and stars without a name These are symbols of