This document discusses myths in John Keats' works. It provides context on Keats and analyzes the myths referenced in his poems "Ode to a Nightingale" and "What is Psyche?". In "Ode to a Nightingale", Keats references the Greek myths of Lethe (the river of forgetfulness), Dryads (tree nymphs), and Hippocrene (a spring created by the winged horse Pegasus). "What is Psyche?" references the Greek myth of Psyche, a beautiful maiden loved by Cupid despite Venus' jealousy, as well as myths related to Olympians, Tempe, and Arcady. The document examines how Keats incorporated Greek mythology

1. Topic:Myths in Keats works.
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2. What is Myth?

3. •Meaning of Myth
 A myth is a story that may or
may not be true.
 Myths are generally very old.
 All culture have myths.
 Myth means a false belief.
 “ Myht convert history in to
the nature ”

4. “ Myth is an attempt to narrate
a whole human experience, of
which the purpose is too deep,
going too deep in the blood and
soul, for mental explanation or
description.”
-By D . H Lawrence.

5. John keats.
 Born : 1795
 Died :
 Education : king’s
college
 Occupation : Poet

6. • Ode to nightingale.
 First published in 1819.
 The nightingale is a symbol of beauty.
 It is a one kind of song.
 The nightingale song within the poem is
connected to the art of music.
 Comparison between the mortal & immortal
world.

7. Myth of lenthe & Dryad.
 ‘ lenthe ’ was the river of underworld.
 ‘ Dryad ’ in Greek mythology it means is a female
spirit attached to a tree.
 Free from body or society.
 The nightingale is compared to a wood-nymph.
 Nightingale in England sing in the woods.
Myth of Greek.

8. Myth of Greek.
Myth of Hippocrene.
 This poem also inspired by a Greek form.
 According to Greek myth it means …..
 ‘ Hippocrene ’ was the name of a spring
that the winged horse pegasus created by
stamping its hoof into the ground.

9. Myth of Bacchus.
 ‘ Bacchus ’ is the Greek God of wine and also
drunkenness.
 The speaker also claim that his escape into the
nightingale’s world will not be due to
drunkenness.
 He was the last god to join the twelve
Olympians.

10. What is Psyche.
Publihsed in 1819
In classical methodology Psyche was a
beautiful maiden , of whom the goddess
Venus was extremely jealous.
Venus sent her son to humalitiate the
girl.
But Cupid fall in love with psyche and
took her away to a secrete valley where he
visited her each night.
Myths in Psyche.

11.  Psyche.
 The speaker opens the
poem with an address
to the goddess Psyche,
Urging her to hear his
words and asking that
she forgive him for
singing to her her own
secrets.The speaker
says he knew the
winged boy but asks
who the girl was.

12. Myth of Olympians.
 GreekGods.
 The Olympian are a
group of 12 GreekGods.
 Psyche describing her as
the youngest and most
beautiful of all the
Olympians gods and
goddesses.
 She has no temple no
altars, no choir tossing
for her ans so no.

13. Myths of Tempe & Arcady.
 ‘Tempe ’ & ‘ Arcady ’ both are
places name.
 Both are place’ s of great
beauty in classical
mythology.
 Tempe is a valley in thessaly ,
Grees between mount
Olympus and Mount Ossa
that is favored by Apollo , the
god of poetry and music.
 Arcady is Arcadia.