This was base on a 50 point score. I recieved a 47 because of formating errors. Title: Explication of John Keats' poem : When I have fears that I may cease to be

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When I have fears that I may cease to be (By: John Keats 1818) When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain, Before high-piled books, in charactery, Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain; When I behold, upon the night's starred face, Huge cloudy symbols of high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows with the magic hand of chance; …

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…the speaker concludes that he will stand alone and think of the world until he is no more. <Tab/>The overall tone of the poem, in my opinion, is one of contempt. He feels that this disease is almost in need of reproach for taking such a gift as his intellect from the world. He also feels that it is a pity that he will never get to fall in love.