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

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.

•His odes

• Ode to nightingale • Ode to Grecian urn• Ode to psyche• Ode to autumn

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

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.

•This poem is inspired by a Greek form

• 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.

• 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

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

•hippocreneIn Greek myth,

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

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.

Thank you