Blue! ‘Tis the Life of Heaven, the Domain
Blue! ‘Tis the Life of Heaven, the Domain - meaning Summary
Blue as Vital Presence
Keats celebrates the color blue as a vital, pervasive force. He links blue to sky, celestial bodies, and the sea, then to flowers where it combines with green. The poem treats blue as at once a passive shade and an active power, culminating in the image of blue in an eye, where it becomes charged with destiny. The tone is observant and reverent, turning color into meaning.
Read Complete AnalysesBlue! ‘Tis the life of heaven,–the domain Of Cynthia,–the wide palace of the sun,– The tent of Hesperus and all his train,– The bosomer of clouds, gold, grey and dun. Blue! ‘Tis the life of waters–ocean And all its vassal streams: pools numberless May rage, and foam, and fret, but never can Subside if not to dark-blue nativeness. Blue! gentle cousin of the forest green, Married to green in all the sweetest flowers, Forget-me-not,–the blue-bell,–and, that queen Of secrecy, the violet: what strange powers Hast thou, as a mere shadow! But how great, When in an Eye thou art alive with fate!
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