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tion of the soul of the poet as prescribed in the poem, or at least in this "first movement" of the poem, as John Middleton Murry puts it.

The poem begins with Keats' call for his own dedication to poetry about nature: "First the realm I'll pass/ Of Flora, and old Pan: sleep in the grass,/ Feed upon apples red, and strawberries,/ And choose each pleasure that my fancy sees" (Keats 769). He will live immersed in nature and write about the pleasurable experiences which result, with no concern for more profound or painful concerns. The suggestion is

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