# LXII explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by John Keats.

## What happens

Isabel, in her grief, piteously searches for her lost basil plant, speaking to it amorously and lamenting its theft.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Loss

Isabel's desperate mourning for her basil plant reflects deep love and profound loss.

### Sorrow and Melancholy

The chapter is steeped in Isabel's sorrowful lament and melancholic search for the stolen basil.

## Character check-ins

### Isabel

Grieving and searching for her lost basil plant, speaking to it with love and sorrow.

### Basil

The basil plant that Isabel mourns and seeks, stolen from her.

## Key lines

> Piteous she look’d on dead and senseless things, Asking for her lost Basil amorously

She looked sadly at lifeless objects, lovingly asking for her missing basil.

_Isabel's grief is so intense that she addresses inanimate things in search of her basil._

> And with melodious chuckle in the strings Of her lorn voice, she oftentimes would cry After the Pilgrim in his wanderings, To ask him where her Basil was

With a musical yet sorrowful tone, she would call out to travelers, asking if they knew where her basil had gone.

_Her voice blends melody with despair as she seeks help from passersby._

> For cruel ’tis,” said she, “To steal my Basil-pot away from me.”

She declared that it was cruel to take her basil pot from her.

_Isabel directly expresses the injustice and pain of the theft._

## Links

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