The Echo of"The Dao Patterning Itself on What is Natural"in Keats's"Three Odes"
John Keats's poetical theories,such as"negative capability","the poet has no self"and"the camelion poet"fully embody"the Dao patterning itself on what is natural"of Laozi."The Dao patterning itself on what is natural"is not only the theoretical basis of Keats's poetry,but also the main content and supreme artistic state of his poetry."The Dao patterning itself on what is natural"forms an all-encompassing closed loop from the theoretical basis to the creation practice,from the main content to the artistic state throughout Keats's poetry creation process.Based on the core ideas of Daoist"the Dao patterning itself on what is natural"and Keats's poetic theories and the"Three Odes",this paper attempts to explore in depth the idea of"the Dao patterning itself on what is natural"embodied in Keats'poetic theories,poetic creation and poetic works through cross-reading of Ode to Autumn,Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn.In the"Three Odes",Keats made a unique interpretation of the universal operation law of"the Dao patterning itself on what is natural"by the autumn,a nightingale and an ancient urn,and reached the realm of"Dao"of"there being a scene beyond the scene,there being an image beyond the image".
John Keats"the Dao patterning itself on what is natural""Three Odes"