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“On Fame” is a poem discussing life and what it means to be content without fame. “Ripe plum”, undisturbed lake”, and “rose leaving herself upon the briar” are words used as symbols in this poem, representing submission to a death-like life. Personification is also used, giving the rose human qualities, referring to it as a female and giving it the motion of plucking. The tone of the poem is religious, because of the word “miscreed”. Keats uses this to show that grace and salvation could not be found in the quest for fame. Therefore this sonnet contains more imagery with the use of more adjectives, making the poem more appealing.
Eugene from Canada