Keats composed the ’Ode on a Grecian Urn’‚ based on a sonnet written by Wordsworth in 1811. The theme of transience and permanence‚ which struck Keats in Wordsworth’s poetry‚ forms the leading theme in the Odes. The ode‚ ’To Autumn’‚ may be seen as a temporary ’bridge’ in the debate between the two states‚ in this case symbolised by the seasons. A reprieve is achieved‚ although the problem is not solved‚ "Where are the songs of Spring Ay‚ Where are they? Think not of them..." In ’Ode to a Nightingale’
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John Keats wrote many poems that had similar themes. Much of his work is considered to be a key part of Romantic Poetry. To understand one of his poems it is necessary to look beyond it to his other works and personal life. One poem worth just such a look is "Ode to a Grecian Urn". This poem contains not only aspects of his writing which are reflected in his other works but some certain stylistic elements that reflect aspects of his personal life. The stylistic elements mentioned also appear in
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Romanticism: Blake and Keats Blake and Keats were renowned poet during the period where Romanticism played an essential part in creative art and works. Romanticism is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world. Poets like Blake and Keats writings were influenced by the fundamentals of nature‚ human emotions‚ feelings‚ imagination‚ instinct and intuition‚ reflection
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Have Fears” and “Mezzo Cammin” by John Keats and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow respectively‚ have similar themes such as the inevitability of death and the fear of living unfulfilled and inadequate lives. John Keats fears that he will live a life of inadequacy and fail to accomplish all of his dreams‚ but he understands that his goals are miniscule in the larger scope of life. Conversely‚ Longfellow maintains a morbid view of death and of the future itself‚ while Keats is more captivated by the human
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Truth versus Immortality in John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” In John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn‚” the speaker admires the immortality and excitement of life depicted on an urn‚ before realizing that the truth of life and mortality is preferable to static eternal existence. The speaker suggests that the young figures depicted on the urn are frozen in time forever‚ and therefore will eternally be young‚ carefree‚ and beautiful. It’s suggested that such immortality is inferior to mortal existence
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Poems used: John Keats’ ’On the Sonnet’ 1848 If by dull rhymes our English must be chained‚ And‚ like Andromeda‚ the Sonnet sweet Fettered‚ in spite of painéd loveliness; Let us find out‚ if we must be constrained‚ Sandals more interwoven and complete To fit the naked foot of poesy; Let us inspect the lyre‚ and weigh the stress Of every chord‚ and see what may be gained By ear industrious‚ and attention meet; Misers of sound and syllable‚ no less Than Midas of his coinage‚
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Review of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats The "Ode on a Grecian Urn" portrays what Keats sees on the urn himself‚ only his view of what is going on. The urn‚ passed down through many centuries portrays the image that everything that is going on on the urn is frozen. In the first stanza‚ the speaker‚ standing before an ancient Grecian urn uses apostrophe when he speaks to the urn as if it is alive. The speaker describes the pictures as if they are frozen in time. It is the "still unravish’d
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John Keats and William Wordsworth ironically wrote two sonnets about the sonnet with contrasting attitudes. Both authors have different ideas and feelings about the constraints imposed on the poet by the sonnet form. Keats‚ although he feels negatively about the constraints imposed by the sonnet format‚ he writes the sonnet in his own creative unidentifiable form. Wordsworth however‚ tells the reader that he uses the format of the sonnet as a refuge and solace from "too much liberty." Both authors
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When I have Fears is a poem written by John Keats. In this poem Keats expresses his feeling of fear about the possibility of die young and the consequences that this fact would suppose‚ and how he realizes about the real situation. The title indicates that Keats did not consider himself inmortal‚ he knew that even though he acomplish his goal of write all his thoughts‚ one of the fears he feels. The poem is a sonnet structured following the Shakespearean model with three quatrains and a couplet
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JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) * He’s the forerunner of the English aestheticism. * Member of the Second generation of Romantic poets who blossomed early and died young. He is Romantic in his relish of sensation‚ his feeling for the Middle Ages‚ his love for the Greek civilization and his conception of the writer. He was able to fuse the romantic passion and the cold Neo-classicism‚ just as Ugo Foscolo did in “LE GRAZIE” and in “I SEPOLCRI”. * He was born in London; he attended a private school
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