This document provides an analysis of the myths referenced in John Keats's poem "Ode to a Nightingale". It discusses the Greek myths of Philomela, Dryads, Hippocrene, and Bacchus that influenced the poem. The myth of Philomela tells the story of a woman who was raped and transformed into a nightingale. Keats draws comparisons between the immortal world of the nightingale and the mortal world in the poem. The nightingale also represents the free spirit of wood-nymphs from the Dryad myth.

1. Topic: Myth in ode to nightingale
•Name :Gopi pipavat
•Class: M.A sem -2
•Roll no: 27
•Paper:7
• Submitted to: M.A English M.K.
Bhavnagar

2. Introduction:
• John keats
• He was born on 31st
october and died in
february 1821
• He was one of the main
figures of the second
generation of romantic
poet
• In “ode to nightingle”
keats representing
nature.

3. •His odes
• Ode to nightingale
• Ode to Grecian urn
• Ode to psyche
• Ode to autumn

4. What is myth?
• A myth is a story that
may or may not be true
• Myths are generally
very old
• All culture have myths
• Myth means false
belief
• Myth convert history in
to the nature

5. Myth in ode to nightingale:
 Introduction:
• First published in 1819
• The nightingale is a symbol
of beauty.
• It is one kind of song
• The nightingle song within
the poem is connected to
the art of music
• Comparison between the
mortal & immortal world.

6. •This poem is inspired by a Greek form

7. •Greek myth(the story of Philomela
myth)
• Philomela is a minor
figure in Greek
mythology.
• Her sister,procne was
the wife of king tereus
of thrace.
• King pandition of
athenes, the father of
Philomela and procne.

8. • Tereus forced her to a
cabin or lodges in the
woods and raped her
• Tereus threatened for
her tongue but god
help her.
• She became bird
“nightingale” and
escape from death at
the hand

9. Myth of dryad
• Dryad in Greek
mythology it means is a
female spirit attached to
tree
• Free from body or society
.
• The nightingale is
compared to a wood-
nymph
• The nightingale in
England sing in the
woods

10. •hippocrene
In Greek myth,
“hippocrene” was the
name of a spring that
the winged horse
pesaus created by
stamping it’s hoof in to
the ground.

11. Bacchus
• Bacchus‘ is the greek
god of wine and also
drunkness.
• The speaker also claims
that his escape in to
the nightingale’s world
will not be due to
drunkness.
• He was the last god to
join the twelve
olympians.

12. Thank you