T. Stewart Assignment 3

1.)
A tone of apprehension is created by John Keats in "On the Sonnet" through allusions, among other devices. Keats alludes to Andromeda in line two, a mythological princess left chained or "fettered" to a rock, and compares her to the sonnet. By making this allusion he better portrays the sonnet as something trapped by a human complication, as if Shakespearean standards have turned poetry into a caged animal. Keats also alludes to King Midas in line 11, basically saying that when people pay such close attention to detail on poetry, it's like Midas and his "coinage." The allusion has a pretty negative connotation, that's why he uses it for this part. Keats questions the effectiveness of the strict constraints we have traditionally placed on sonnets in this poem, and allusions help create the tone of apprehension.

2.)
"The artist speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives, to our sense of pity and beauty, and pain."
     I love this quote especially because it's so all encompassing - and that's probably what I recognize and covet most from art - the breadth of emotions it can be used to represent. Art elicits so many different responses, even the same piece can speak on several different levels to many people. As well as what it bring out in us, there's always that question of the artist's feelings. And any kind of artistic expression can have so many emotions behind it - that's what this quote exemplifies best.