ode‚ ceremonious poem on an occasion of public or private dignity in which personal emotion and general meditation are united. The Greek word ōdē‚ which has been accepted in most modern European languages‚ meant a choric song‚ usually accompanied by a dance. Alcman (7th century bc) originated the strophic arrangement of the ode‚ which is a rhythmic system composed of two or more lines repeated as a unit; and Stesichorus (7th–6th centuries bc) invented the triadic‚ or three-part‚ structure (strophic
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wander’st in his shade‚ When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st‚ So long as men can breathe‚ or eyes can see‚ So long lives this‚ and this gives life to thee. John Keats also wrote lyric poetry. Following is an example from his lyric poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn": What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous "How Do I Love Thee" is yet another famous example of a lyric poem:
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authors‚ he wrote “Don Juan”. Another is Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote in terza rima‚ a three line iambic pentameter set up of bcb‚ cdc‚ ded‚ and so on. Johan Keats created his own fairy tale land in the lyrical poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn”. Nature and the natural surroundings were important in romanticism. Taking pleasure in untouched scenery and the innocence of life was the basis and theme of “The Seasons” by the Scottish poet James Thomson.
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“The Raven” Edgar Allan Poe IV. Lyric Poetry “He Wishes for Cloths of Heaven” William Butler Yeats “Pied Beauty” Gerard Manley Hopkins “For the Spartan Dead at Plataia” Simonides; and “This Dust was Once the Man” Walt Whitman “Ode on a Grecian Urn” John Keats “One day I wrote her name upon the strand” Edmund Spenser V. How is a Poem Read and Analyzed? The Basic Approach: The Formalist Criticism VI. Writing about Poetry VII. Collection of Poems: (Provisional List) “Ulysses”
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deciphered through others. The most clearly evident theme would be using "spots in time". In the poem Ode On A Grecian Urn‚ the entire poem is about an urn which tells a story of a past civilization‚ and the story has a lesson that remembering a past experience can be sweeter than living it. The past civilization is referring to a spot in time in which times were better and the person who created the urn is creating a way to remember and tell other people about a good time in the past. He isn’t talking
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The speaker says that she died for Beauty‚ but she was hardly adjusted to her tomb before a man who died for Truth was laid in a tomb next to her. When the two softly told each other why they died‚ the man declared that Truth and Beauty are the same‚ so that he and the speaker were “Brethren.” The speaker says that they met at night‚ “as Kinsmen‚” and talked between their tombs until the moss reached their lips and covered up the names on their tombstones. This poem follows many of Dickinson’s
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Browning complex evolution of feeling in the long elegy and the meditative ode. The process of observation‚ thought‚ memory and feelings may be organised in a variety of ways in different lyrical expressions. Lyric is a poem in which the poet writes about his thoughts and feelings. The basic type is the song‚ but we use the term to cover all poems that present the poet’s immediate response to life‚ including sonnets odes and elegies. Lyric poem deals with a range of experiences such as love‚ death
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English Romantic poet John Keats was born on October 31‚ 1795‚ in London. The oldest of four children‚ he lost both his parents at a young age. His father‚ a livery-stable keeper‚ died when Keats was eight; his mother died of tuberculosis six years later. After his mother’s death‚ Keats’s maternal grandmother appointed two London merchants‚ Richard Abbey and John Rowland Sandell‚ as guardians. Abbey‚ a prosperous tea broker‚ assumed the bulk of this responsibility‚ while Sandell played only a minor
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II. The healing Power of nature A. William Wordsworth‚ Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey B. Henry David Thoreau‚ Walden C. Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ On Education III. Romantic Love A. Heinrich Heine‚ Lorely B. John Keats‚ Ode to a Grecian Urn C. William Wordsworth‚ Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey IV. Conclusion After reading and evaluating the works and writings of some of the most influential philosophers of the Romantic era‚ I can only come to the conclusion
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Beauty is a characteristic of a person‚ animal‚ place‚ object‚ or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics‚ sociology‚ social psychology‚ and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired‚ or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture‚ for perfection. The experience of "beauty" often involves an interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature‚ which may lead to
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