Analysis of John Keats' Ode to Psyche

In his Ode to Psyche, Keats leaves his indolence behind and begins to create art – though this an art that is wholly internal, an attempt to save things from loss by reduplicating them inside the mind. Helen Vendler explains the meaning of this great poem. This is the second video in a series on the Odes of John Keats, based on the interpretation by literary critic Helen Vendler in the book of the same name. Watch the others here:    • The Odes of John Keats (Helen Vendler)   0:00 Introduction 1:54 The Poem 6:05 Vendler's Analysis 7:20 Structural Shape 9:01 Art in the Ode 10:20 The Goddess Psyche 12:49 Two Restorations of Psyche 14:22 Three Languages of the Ode 16:49 Echoes of Milton 18:23 Mansion of Many Apartments 23:42 Outcome of the Ode