Poet biography movies
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Bright Star (film)
film by Jane Campion
Bright Star is a biographicalromantic drama film, written and directed by Jane Campion. It is based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). Campion's screenplay was inspired by a biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant.
Bright Star was in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and was first shown to the public on 15 May The film's title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats titled "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art", which he wrote while he was with Brawne.
Plot
[edit]In Hampstead, the fashionable Fanny Brawne is introduced to poet John Keats through the Dilke family. The Dilkes occupy one half of a double house, with Charles Brown occupying the other half. Brown is Keats' friend, housemate, and associate in writing.
Fanny's flirtatious personality contrasts with Keats' notably more aloof nature. She begins to pursue him after her siblings Samuel and Toots obtain his book of poetry, "Endymion". Her efforts to interact with the poet are fruitless until he witnesses her grief for the loss of his brother, Tom. Keats begins to open up to her advances while spending Ch
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PopPoetry
As a student, when I first came across the work of Robert Graves and Laura Riding, I didn’t have the faintest inkling about the high drama of these poets’ personal lives. Is that for the best?
For example, is my reading, understanding, and enjoyment of this poem altered by the knowledge that Riding once threw herself out of the window during an argument with three of her lovers?
The Spring Has Many Silences The spring has many sounds: Roller skates grind the pavement to noisy dust. Birds chop the still air into small melodies. The wind forgets to be the weather for a time And whispers old advice for summer. The sea stretches itself And gently creaks and cracks its bones…. The spring has many silences: Buds are mysteriously unbound With a discreet significance, And buds say nothing. There are things that even the wind will not betray. Earth puts her finger to her lips And muffles there her quiet, quick activity…. Do not wonder at me That I am hushed This April night beside you. The spring has many silences.
Possibly. Even for a relatively anodyne poem, there are possibilities to read the personal into it and alter the experience of the work. The penultimate line, which contains the sultry phrase “beside you,” puts me in mind of Riding’s personal life, an