| has gloss | eng: "Ode to Psyche" is a poem by John Keats written in spring 1819. The poem is the first of his 1819 odes, which include "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to a Nightingale". "Ode to Psyche" is an experiment in the ode genre, and Keatss attempt at an expanded version of the sonnet format that describes a dramatic scene. The poem serves as an important departure from Keatss early poems, which frequently describe an escape into the pleasant realms of ones imagination. Instead, "Ode to Psyche" documents the poets quest for self discovery, which is aided by the goddess Psyche and subsequently animates the poets imagination. Keats drew inspiration from various versions of the myth, including Apuleiuss The Golden Ass, but the poem is not about the traditional myth. Instead, the poem describes a narrator dedicating his mind to the worship of the neglected goddess. |
