Apollo to the Graces
Apollo to the Graces - context Summary
Composed 1819
Written in 1819 and first printed posthumously in 1848, Keats’s short lyric stages Apollo courting the three Graces. The speaker’s summons and the Graces’ eager replies celebrate motion, music and aesthetic companionship as Apollo prepares to ride through autumnal landscapes. The poem exemplifies Keats’s sustained engagement with classical Greek mythology and his late-Romantic focus on beauty, art, and the energizing promise of poetic creation.
Read Complete AnalysesAPOLLO Which of the fairest three Today will ride with me? My steeds are all pawing on the thresholds of Morn: Which of the fairest three Today will ride with me? Across the gold Autumn’s whole kingdoms of corn? THE GRACES all answer I will, I – I – I – O young Apollo let me fly along with thee, I will, I – I – I – The many, many wonders see – I – I – I – I – And thy lyre shall never have a slackened string. I – I – I – I – Thro’ the whole day will sing.
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