Sweet, Sweet Is the Greeting of Eyes
Sweet, Sweet Is the Greeting of Eyes - meaning Summary
Reunion's Simple Sensibilities
Keats celebrates the quiet pleasures of reunion and ordinary human tenderness. The poem values visual and vocal greetings, warm handshakes, and a kiss on the brow as restorative after long partings and the wear of time. Encounters across sea and land suggest travel, distance, and resumed bonds. The closing image of furrows new to the plough implies renewal: intimate gestures renew life and hope after separation.
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