To Kosciusko
To Kosciusko - meaning Summary
Heroic Name as Music
Keats’ddresses Kosciusko as a transcendent symbol of liberty whose name evokes sublime feeling. The sonnet transforms a national hero into cosmic music, suggesting that heroic names persist beyond death as harmonies in a serene, heavenly order. By linking Kosciusko with past greats, the poem proposes collective immortality and spiritual consolation: heroic virtue gives rise to an enduring, far-reaching hymn that connects earthly struggle to the divine.
Read Complete AnalysesGood Kosciusko, thy great name alone Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling; It comes upon us like the glorious pealing Of the wide spheres—an everlasting tone. And now it tells me, that in worlds unknown, The names of heroes, burst from clouds concealing, And changed to harmonies, for ever stealing Through cloudless blue, and round each silver throne. It tells me too, that on a happy day, When some good spirit walks upon the earth, Thy name with Alfred’s, and the great of yore Gently commingling, gives tremendous birth To a loud hymn, that sounds far, far away To where the great God lives for evermore.
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