The poem ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ by John Keats is about eternity and eternal things. To understand this poem as well as many other of John Keats’ work it is important to know a bit about the author. John Keats was sick most of his life and died at the age 25 of tuberculosis. At a young age he witnessed the death of his Mother‚ Father and brother. All of these factors contributed to the In the first stanza‚ he is contemplating the vase in its entirety. He marvels at the piece’s perfection (still
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Cammin As people near the time of their deaths‚ they begin to reflect upon the history and events of their own lives. Both John Keats’ “When I have Fears” and Henry Longfellow’s “Mezzo Cammin” reflect upon the speakers’ fears and thoughts of death. However‚ the conclusions between these two poems end quite differently. Although both reflect upon Death’s grasp‚ Keats’ displays an appreciation and subtle satisfaction with the wonders of life‚ while Longfellow morbidly mourns his past inactions and
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In John Keats’ poem “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer‚” Keats portrays a character that seems to have many personal conflicts after an epiphany‚ induced by “Chapman’s” words. The speaker of the piece shows his own development through visual imagery and direct shift‚ altogether contriving his conception of the situation at hand. After thorough explanation as to why the speaker chose his original opinion‚ he states clearly why and how he is changed. In this short‚ one-stanza Shakespearean sonnet
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Everything Will Play Out In The End‚ “They” Said “When I Have Fears” By Keats has comparable situations to the poem of “Mezzo Cammin” by Longfellow. Each of these poems are complex in their own way where there are contrasts in them too. Both the authors use similar style of poetic techniques‚ but have a different perspective on their situation and one deals with not accomplishing as much as possible in life‚ and the other not acting upon what they really want to do. One contrast between the two
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closed and rational systems.’ Keats was a romantic poet‚ full of intense passion and desire‚ yet shy and reserved. He was a young man with all the determination and melancholy of a teenager on a romantic quest to be among the English poets when he died. He is an inspiration to all of us‚ full of colourful language and imagination. He battled through tuberculosis and only lived to be 26. He wanted to be famous‚ and he has well and truly lived up to his dream. Keats longed to find beauty in what
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The Impact of William Wordsworth William Wordsworth‚ the age’s great Bard‚ had a significant impact on his contemporaries. Best known for his beautiful poems on nature‚ Wordsworth was a poet of reflection on things past. He realized however‚ that the memory of one’s earlier emotional experiences is not an infinite source of poetic material. As Wordsworth grew older‚ there was an overall decline in his prowess as a poet. Life’s inevitable change‚ with one’s changes in monetary and social status‚
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the grasshopper and the cricket. Keats writes about a summer and a winter scene in the two parts of the poem divided by the first eight lines and the last six lines. The grasshopper is nature’s “musician” in summer and the cricket is the one in winter. Nature’s “musicians” change as the seasons change‚ but the music of nature never ends. Keats uses this example to express the theme that the beauty and the cycle of life in nature never dies. In the opening line‚ Keats asserts‚ “The poetry of earth is
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Blake versus Keats Although William Blake and John Keats have very different writing styles both poets use images of nature in their poems. Blake’s "Introduction"‚ from Songs of Innocence‚ uses simple language. Keats’ "Ode on Melancholy" is dramatic. Although both authors use nature in their poems‚ Keats provides emotional drama to nature‚ while Blake’s references to nature are very simple and unclear. The nature imagery in Blake’s "Introduction" is that nature is wild and unpredictable. The
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Hutchens‚ Eleanor‚ “Cold and Heat in Adonais”‚ Modern Language Notes‚ 76.2 (1961)‚ p Hurtz‚ Neil‚ The End of the Line (New York: Columbia University Press‚ 2009) Jackson‚ Wallace‚ “Thomas Gray and the Dedicatory Muse”‚ ELH‚ 54.2 (1987)‚ pp Roe‚ Nicholas‚ Keats and History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 1995) Shelley‚ Percy Bysshe‚ The Selected Prose and Poetry of Shelley (Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited‚ 1994) Weinbrot‚ Howard‚ “Restoration and the Eighteenth Century”‚ Studies in English
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The poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats portrays a wandering soldier who meets a mythical woman in the meadow. The soldier quickly describes the fairy‚ "Full beautifula faery’s child‚ Her hair was long‚ her foot was light‚ And her eyes were wild." The fairy leads the soldier to her cave which is described as an "elfin grot" where they acknowledge each other. In the elfin grot the fairy lulls him asleep. The soldier describes what he dreams of while asleep‚ "I saw pale kings and princes
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