I first read John Keats’ poetry aged 14, after a beloved English teacher told me that Ode on a Grecian Urn was her favourite poem. Although I appreciated the beauty of the words, its ‘meaning’ seemed way above the limits of my intelligence. The famous closing lines ‘Beauty is truth, and truth beauty, – that [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Poetry Mysteries’
January 7, 2009
A Poetry Mystery: No. 1
Mark Cardwell, a member of the reading group in MHL Support, Newcastle-under-Lyme has asked for some help with identifying these lines:
What can I do, young dragon cried
Although I’ve simply tried and tried
It doesn’t matter how hard I blow
I cannot get my fire to go
Mark remembers reciting the poem at school but can’t recall the title [...]
