Quotation
“The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted: hence proceeds mawkishness. ”
John Keats
The idea behind the quotation
Between childhood and adulthood, uncertainty about identity and direction can make a person’s feelings and ambitions confused, producing excessive sentimentality.
Vocabulary in context
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