# XXVIII explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by John Keats.

## What happens

Lorenzo is slain and buried in the forest, ending his great love. The murderers, having committed their sin, dip their swords in water and ride homeward, each enriched by their crime.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Loss

Lorenzo's love ends with his death in the forest.

### Mortality and the Sublime

The murder and burial of Lorenzo evoke mortality and the sublime horror of the act.

## Character check-ins

### Lorenzo

Slain and buried in the forest; his great love ceases.

## Key lines

> There was Lorenzo slain and buried in, There in that forest did his great love cease;

Lorenzo was killed and buried in the forest, where his great love ended.

_Describes the murder and burial of Lorenzo._

> They dipp’d their swords in the water, and did tease Their horses homeward, with convulsed spur, Each richer by his being a murderer.

They cleaned their swords in water and spurred their horses homeward, each made richer by having committed murder.

_Depicts the murderers' cold return after the crime._

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