used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
speak to
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
AdonisnounUS /əˈdɑːnəs/
any handsome young man
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
allegorynounUS /ˈæləɡɔːri/
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
analysisnounUS /əˈnæləsəs/
an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
ascendingadjectiveUS /əˈsendɪŋ/
moving or going or growing upward
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
awakenedadjectiveUS /əˈweɪkənd/
aroused or activated
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
awakeningnounUS /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/
the act of waking
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Keats had long been in love with the Endymion story.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
BowernounUS /ˈbaʊər/
a framework that supports climbing plants
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
chastenedverbUS /ˈtʃeɪsənd/
past form of “chasten” — censure severely
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
ConfessionnounUS /kənˈfeʃən/
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
damselnounUS /ˈdæmzəl/
a young unmarried woman
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
DebtnounUS /det/
the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
defencenounUS /dɪˈfens/
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
deliverancenounUS /dɪˈlɪvərəns/
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
deliverernounUS /dɪˈlɪvərər/
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
DescentnounUS /dɪˈsent/
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
Distressfuladjective
causing distress or worry or anxiety
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
doomverbUS /duːm/
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
Drayton
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From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
Drayton's
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From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
elementsnounUS /ˈeləmənts/
violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
ElizabethannounUS /ˌelɪzəˈbiːθən/
a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
EmbracesnounUS /emˈbreɪsɪz/
plural of “embrace” — the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
EncounterverbUS /ɪnˈkaʊntər/
come together
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
ENDYMION
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From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
Endymion's
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From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
errornounUS /ˈerər/
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
etherealadjectiveUS /ɪˈθɪriəl/
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
exordiumnoun
(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
expostulationnoun
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
farewellsnounUS /ˌferˈwelz/
plural of “farewell” — an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
FletchernounUS /ˈfletʃər/
prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
Glaucus
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From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Keats had long been in love with the Endymion story.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
superlative of “high” — greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
IInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
IIInoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
InventionnounUS /ˌɪnˈvenʃən/
the creation of something in the mind
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
IVnoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
JasminenounUS /ˈdʒæzmən/
any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
justifiedadjectiveUS /ˈdʒʌstəfaɪd/
having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
KeatsnounUS /kiːts/
Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Keats had long been in love with the Endymion story.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
machinerynounUS /məˈʃiːnəri/
machines or machine systems collectively
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
marvelsnounUS /ˈmɑːrvəlz/
plural of “marvel” — something that causes feelings of wonder
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
MusenounUS /mjuːz/
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
OlympianadjectiveUS /oʊˈlɪmpiən/
of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
ParablenounUS /ˈperəbəl/
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
Peona
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From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
Phantasmagoricadjective
characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
PrecedentsnounUS /ˈpresədənts/
plural of “precedent” — an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
predestinedadjectiveUS /ˌpriːˈdestənd/
established or prearranged unalterably
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
questnounUS /kwest/
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
relatesverbUS /rɪˈleɪts/
third-person singular of “relate” — make a logical or causal connection
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
renewedadjectiveUS /rɪˈnuːd/
restored to a new condition
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
renunciationnounUS /rɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/
rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
scalenounUS /skeɪl/
an ordered reference standard
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
sequelnounUS /ˈsiːkwəl/
something that follows something else
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
solvedadjectiveUS /sɑːlvd/
explained or answered
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
Soul's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
SOURCESnounUS /ˈsɔːrsəz/
plural of “source” — the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
SYMBOLISMnounUS /ˈsɪmbəlɪzəm/
a system of symbols and symbolic representations
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
sympathiesnounUS /ˈsɪmpəθiz/
plural of “sympathy” — an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
UnderworldnounUS /ˈʌndərwɜːrld/
the criminal class
From this reading The praise of love--Underworld marvels--The awakening of Adonis--Embraces in the Jasmine Bower--The quest renewed--New sympathies awakened--Book III.
versionsnounUS /ˈvɜːrʒənz/
plural of “version” — an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
visionsnounUS /ˈvɪʒənz/
plural of “vision” — a vivid mental image
From this reading Address to the Muse--The Indian damsel--An ethereal flight--Olympian visions--Descent and renunciation--Distressful farewells--The mystery solved--A chastened victory--Above analysis justified.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM Invention and imagination--What the moon meant to Keats--Elizabethan Precedents--Fletcher and Drayton--Drayton's two versions--Debt of Keats to Drayton--Strain of allegory--The Soul's quest for beauty--Phantasmagoric adventures--The four elements theory--Its error--Book I. The exordium--The forest scene--Confession to Peona--Her expostulation--Endymion's defence--The ascending scale--The highest hope--Book II.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Exordium--Encounter with Glaucus--Glaucus relates his doom--The predestined deliverer--The deliverance--Meaning of the Parable--Its machinery explained--The happy sequel--Book IV.
