Ode to Psyche

Poetry | John Keats

O latest born and loveliest vision far.

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O latest born and loveliest vision far This line is taken from John Keats s - poem Ode to Psyche In this line the poet lovingly praises Psyche the goddess of the soul He calls her the latest born and loveliest vision far By this Keats means that Psyche is the youngest and the most beautiful among all the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus The words latest born show that Psyche came after the other Greek gods such as Apollo Venus and Diana She belongs to a later time when the age of faith and worship had already faded The poet feels sad that such a divine and pure goddess was never worshipped or honoured She has no temple no altar and no songs of praise When Keats calls her the loveliest vision he means that Psyche is not just outwardly beautiful but also spiritually perfect She is the

union of love and soul Her beauty is calm bright and eternal She represents the kind of beauty that touches both the heart and the imagination By calling her latest born and loveliest Keats shows his wish to revive her worship Since no one built temples for her he promises to worship her in his own mind and heart Through Psyche Keats expresses his belief that true beauty and divinity live within the soul not in the outer world Thus the line celebrates Psyche as the goddess of love imagination and spiritual beauty She is a symbol of the eternal harmony between heart and mind

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