
Style All the Way Down
Poetry Off the Shelf
Exploring the Decadent Beauty of Decay in Sonnets
The chapter delves into the intense process of creating a crown of sonnets dedicated to John Keats, emphasizing themes of death, decay, and beauty within decomposition. It discusses how writing about Keats consumed the poet, reflecting his fatalistic essence in the sonnets. The conversation also touches on finding beauty in darkness and decay as a coping mechanism and source of inspiration for the future.
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