G. P. Xavier | Analysis of John Keats' Ode on Indolence @gpxavier | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 minutes ago.
In his Ode on Indolence, Keats finds himself in a state of indolence (idleness or laziness) that is at once creative and despairing. In this state, he attempts to resist the recurring summons of his three fates: Love, Ambition, and Poetry. Helen Vendler explains the meaning of this great poem.

This is the first in a series of videos on the Odes of John Keats, based on the interpretation by literary critic Helen Vendler in the book of the same name. Watch the others here:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKrRgZAgmrIeBjyEhqi6op0imMdr9FYRw

0:00 Introduction
4:51 The Poem
9:09 Vendler's Analysis
12:30 Structural Shapes
15:53 The Three Figures
19:09 Three Keatses/Languages
31:48 Evolution of the Figures
33:11 Outcome of the Ode