Archetypes and Creative Imagination in ‘Ode to Psyche’: A Jungian Analysis

John Keats’ ‘Ode to Psyche’ is steeped in mythology and dream symbolism, which encourages us understand it from the perspective of depth psychology/archetypal criticism. The odes Keats have been studied historicist, feminist, biographical perspectives. This paper aims complement these perspectives by elaborating mythical imagery poem as referring symbolically process psychic integration poetic creativity. also views exemplifying need for a complementary ongoing communication between conscious unconscious aspects mind maintain holistic psyche. Archetypal theory used frame figurative structure symbolic variant employs three theoretical constructs, namely syzygy or complementation opposites; active imagination; individuation, framework analyze an archetypal perspective. Employing psychological poetry enhances aesthetic pleasure derived reading 'healing effect' illuminating connotations poem. concludes attempting answer two research questions explored analysis. First, does contribute enhancing readers' poetry? Second, what are contributions current analysis towards contemporary Jungian literary theory?