Ode to Psyche

Poetry | John Keats

Discuss Keats’s idea of inner worship in Ode to Psyche.

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Discuss 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

creative thoughts and emotions He prays not with words but with love and peace This shows that worship is a feeling of beauty and harmony not a ritual Worship as a Spiritual Act Keats s worship of Psyche is spiritual not religious He says he will be her priest This means he will serve truth love and imagination His temple is made of dreams thoughts and nature s calm His soul becomes the place where beauty and faith live together Keats s idea of inner worship in Ode to Psyche is very romantic and personal It teaches that true devotion comes from the heart not from outer temples To Keats imagination is the highest form of prayer

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