WATCH THE VIDEO!
This video i happened to find on YouTube basically tells a shorter version of the poem, in less and more detail in different parts of the poem, but is an excellent resource to get the overall main idea of the poem without actually reading it. Poetry in general is difficult to comprehend no matter how intelligent you may be. There are just some things you may never understand, so transforming poems like this into short stories that are suitable for just about anyone is an incredible thing to do. Searching for any type of video on this specific poem on YouTube was surprisingly very difficult, there are only about three different videos, and they are all pretty similar. The other videos that came up in the search were pointless and not even remotely close to having anything to do with Keats's original poem. I was surprised of this because there were a variety of videos about the other poems people chose to blog about. Also, Isabella; or the Pot of Basil is one of the top romantic poems of all time, you would assume there would be all kinds of articles, interesting facts, videos... Etc. Even though the romantic era may not be the most popular time, it is still looked upon as
Back to the video, the narrator’s voice actually draws you in, it is a soft woman’s voice, and in my mind it is almost as if Isabella is telling the story herself. The video begins exactly like the poem does, but instead of using vocabulary from the 1700's, it is told in more modern language so it makes it easier to understand. This story in particular has been told in many different ways, and told from a few different people, so I feel like this video sort of mixes a few of the forms in which the poem is told. The video may not have footage or real pictures, but the paintings are so beautiful, and they actually help put that "real picture" in your head.
This video is a great way for all ages to distinguish the meaning behind John Keats's Isabella or the pot of basil. And the creator of it did an outstanding job of creating such an helpful resource. Like I said before, poetry is not the easiest read, and a lot of the time we don't understand what were reading. Although the video is not exact, would still recommend watching the video to everyone interested in Romanticism and that era of writing.
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