Grecian urn

The Romantic Sentiments of “Ode to a Grecian Urn.” Employing the poetic style of ekphrasis, John Keats uses his poem “Ode to a Grecian Urn” to study a separate work of art. Keats narrates the poem from the perspective of one carefully studying a vase while pondering the depictions of nature, love, and religious rites on its surface. His observations lead to to remark on the everlasting nature of emotions evoked by the urn, as well as the beauty of the images it induces in one who would observe

In the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn, John Keats talks about three drawings that he sees on an ancient urn. Throughout the poem, Keats uses rhetorical questions, imagery, and a change in tone to explain to the readers what he sees on the urn and the feelings he is getting from the old urn’s pictures. He helps the reader understand there is a deeper meaning beneath the surface of the art and how the urn is teaching life lessons while it stays there silent. In the first stanza lines 5-7, the poem asks

Meanwhile in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, the speaker experiences the belly of the whale when he comes to the realization that he will never be immortal like the painting on the urn. The belly of the whale--as mentioned before--deals with the lowest point in the character’s life, and specifically in this case, the persona, a human with a mortal life desires the ability of being immortal. The speaker undergoes the same wants as Dorian Gray but does not gain them. If anything “Ode on a Grecian Urn” serves as the

poems, including one of his most famous ones in 1819, “Ode on A Grecian Urn” (Keats 247). Keats was a renowned poet during the British Romantic period. Romantic literature focused on beauty and emotions. So, what is the significance of the scenes depicted on the mysterious urn? Is the urn simply a masterpiece of art with emphasis only on physical beauty? In the poem, “Ode on A Grecian Urn”, John Keats creates mysterious scenes on a Greek urn to contrast between everlasting art and human life. Keats contrasts

Truth in Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn and Cummings' since feeling is first Truth remains a mysterious essential: sought out, created, and destroyed in countless metaphysical arguments through time. Whether argued as being absolute or relative, universal or personal, no thought is perceived or conceived without an assessment of its truth. In John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and E.E. Cummings' "since feeling is first" the concern is not specifically the truth of a thought, but rather, the general

infinity, however our enjoyment of this beauty is ever changing. Thus, we begin to contradict ourselves, and wish simultaneously for both the permanent beauty of an event or feeling–as well as the unreachable joy for more. Keats’ two poems, Ode to a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale discuss these opposing ideals, and build off of each other in a way that is comparable to a student educating

but those unheard/ Are sweeter” (Urn 11-12) play a major role in his poetry, demonstrating that for him the idea of what is yet to come is far better than the actual reality of the situation. Through the narratives and stories he tells in his poems, “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode to a Nightingale,” and “The Eve of St. Agnes,” it is made evident that Keats would rather live in the fantasy realm of his own mind than in reality. In his poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” the fantasy that Keats feels is

in the short time he had left on earth were “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” These poems both tell different stories unrelated to one another. Although their stories are unrelated, both “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn” have unique tones, structures, and themes that should be examined and compared. Keats chose to use different tones in “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” Keats used a melancholic, dreary tone in “Ode to a Nightingale.” The character

m, and to try to understand its significance, then he/she will be left behind it, none-the-wiser. In Ode on a Grecian Urn, Keats states “heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter .” The elements are that tangible and noticeable are important, but it is the unseen or unnoticed elements that hold a greater meaning. The noticeable elements, such as the people, the towns, and the material possessions only last for a short time, so they are sweet while they last, but the unseen elements

Shelley and “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by John Keats sound like very different types of poems, they still share some of the same characteristics. In “Ozymandias,” Shelley tells a story of how a man found a ancient statue of a king, with the words “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,/ Look on my Works, ye Might, and despair!” The statue was broken into pieces, and the land was bare, with nothing to “look on” (11). In “Ode to a Grecian Urn,” Keats is speaking to an ancient urn and describing the unchanging