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1. Definition of Hellenism
The word 'Hellenism' is derived from the word 'Hellene' which means Greek. 'Hellenism' therefore stands for Greek culture and fine arts (poetry, music, painting, sculpture and architecture) as developed by Greek cities in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. KEATS' Hellenism is represented by his different kinds of interest in his poetry.
The third source is Greek sculpture . His sonnet On Seeing the English Marbles' indicates his emotional reaction to the sculptured "wonders" of ancient Greece
The above mentioned qualities show that KEATS was a Greek but a deep analysis of his works also reveals some romantic and non Greek elements, so he was not a complete Greek. He stands with the Elizabethans and has close proximity, Like the Elizabethans and much unlike the Greeks KEATS loved 'fine excess' in poetry. He was exuberant and ornate (fully adorned) and lacked the restraints and discipline of Greeks, He loved richness, colour, picturesqueness and changed the restraints of discipline imposed by Greeks, KEATS was moved not by the form of Greek art but by the deeper significance of figures by the emotional appeal and the life truth embodied in them. But in his poetry, we can find a fine blend of Classicism of Greece and Romanticism of Elizabethans.
6. Conclusion