Question

Compare john keat's "olde to a nightingale" to emily dickinson's "there 's a certain slant of light" what theme do the poems have in common? How do they address the theme in similar ways? how do they address the theme in different ways?

Answer 1

Both poems deal with the theme of ideas in the air that are related to the conflicts between belief systems related to romanticism. More or less it is the idea of common sense between spiritual and while Ode to a nightingale focuses on this, A slant of light speaks of oppression that's in the air and a fleeting sense of spiritual.