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'Ode To a Grecian Urn', 2004.
This paper studies Keats' aesthetic of art in "Ode to a Grecian Urn".
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 33.95
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In this article, the writer compares and contrasts Keats' aesthetic of art in "Ode to a Grecian Urn" with Wordsworth's "It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Peaceful," Kant's "Perpetual Peace" and Shelley's "Frankenstein."
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"There is one main assessment of the sensuous beauty that is art in Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn". Beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know. Keats' aesthetic of art viewed art as having the capacity to capture the eternal and universal essence of life. In the sensuous beauty of art like the urn one finds the essence of beauty and the essence of truth which are interchangeable. From the imagination of ..."
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Analysis of Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn", 2001.
A look at Keats' famous poem, "Ode to a Grecian Urn".
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 55.95
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This is a conventional analysis of the old standard poem, noting many of the familiar symbols. The author includes many quotes from the poem.
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"Always is as scary a word as never. That phrase relates to the theme of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn", which is an exploration of the border between desire and fulfillment in human life. Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" features a narrator musing upon the face of an urn that holds, for him, more life in its earthenware curves than does the curves of the temporal earth. The title itself reflects the reader-response reading of the urn's text: the ode is on (about ) the urn, and the ode is also depicted on the urn."
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"Ode on a Grecian Urn" ( John Keats ) & "Stonehenge", 1999.
Examines poem & ancient British monument & their impact on the human imagination.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 76.95
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"The human imagination is one of the things we believe separates us from the animals, and different writers and theorists have taken different views of the importance of the imagination. Blaise Pascal points to one of the primary values of the imagination--it allows us to conceive of things we cannot experience directly. One of these things is death, which we do experience eventually but which we must imagine in life. One of the problems Pascal sees in science is that it makes human beings arrogant, as if they were able to control the world in a way they are not. In truth, he finds human beings weak and frail without spiritual support, capable of being completely destroyed by the slightest shift in health.
Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe.."
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Keats' "Ode To A Grecian Urn" and Shelley's "Hymn To Intellectual Beauty", 1972.
This paper contends that Shelley's vision was limited as compared to Keats'.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 59.95
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"It might have been his love for Fanny Brawne, a flare of genius, or only the springtime. But that spring, John Keats placed himself among the great English poets. He did it with all the great odes and the others .. "The Eve of St. Agnes," "The Eve of St. Mark," "La Belle Dame sans Merci." It was the spring of 1819, a bright time, and the spring before Keats started dying.. Keats was twenty.four years old, and he would not live to see two more such springs. When it was all over, John Keats was left suspended in English poetry, charming and imperishably adolescent, timeless and enduring like the frieze on a Greek vase is timeless because it suspends a moment of heightened life.
In this spring, Keats wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn," perhaps the best of the odes and possibly the best of all his work, for it catches and holds in brief all that Keats had been trying to ... "
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Ode to Human Passion, 2002.
Analyzes Keats's use of literary devices and imagery in "Ode on a Grecian Urn".
802 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 30.95
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This paper provides a history and an analysis of Keats's poem, "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Examples of Keats's use of metaphor, personification, and imagery are provided, and the qualities that characterize him as a Romantic are discussed.
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"Perhaps his most prolific work, Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" aesthetically articulates the archaic beauty of a simple urn while simultaneously capturing a sense of ideal beauty in the world. While the reader might first be deceived by the simplistic facade of the poem, the work stands as a complex piece succeeding in deriving poetic bliss from that which lacks letters. In true Romantic fashion, Keats culminates with the declaration "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" (line 49)-an ambiguous aphorism that encapsulates the essence of the poem. In the end, Keats' effective use of literary devices and poignant imagery combine to reveal human passion as "Beauty."
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John Keats, 2005.
This paper discusses John Keats, considered to be one of the most important of the Romantic poets, especially his poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn".
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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This paper explains that one of the central aspects of the Romantic poets, particularly John Keats, is the belief in the supreme power of the imagination, which is important not only to "Ode on a Grecian Urn" but also to all of his work. The author points out that "Ode on a Grecian Urn" represents and emphasizes a sense of both permanency, the mutability and the changing nature of ordinary human life and the inevitable march towards certain death. The paper relates that the last two lines of the poem are famous in their succinct summation of the entire meaning of the poem: All we know or need to know, they suggest, is the beauty of art. Many quotations.
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"The "Urn" became a symbol of eternity and an ideal reality, which "teases us" and creates an inner tension as we compare the ideal world of the "Urn" to the pain and suffering of ordinary life. The "Urn" then becomes a "Cold Pastoral"; an object that awakens us sharply to the tragedy of our own mortality. The third stanza emphasizes the happiness and joy in the never-ending activity of the figures on the "Urn". The poem emphasizes the main theme again in that the "Urn" figures act as a direct comparison to the change and mutability of ordinary life."
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Odes of Keats, 1993.
Lyricism (musicality, simplicity, tone & mood, subjectivity) in "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale" & three others.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 15 sources, AU$ 118.95
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" Edward Bliss Reed has claimed that "the odes of Keats are not only the greatest lyric achievement, but they are the finest expression of his genius" (425). These works of John Keats are particularly notable for their fine sense of lyricism. Most definitions of lyricism include four aspects which are found in abundance in Keats' odes: musicality, simplicity of subject, emphasis on tone and mood, and subjectivity in thought and feeling. This paper will examine these elements as contained in five of Keats' odes: "Ode on Melancholy," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode to Psyche," and "To Autumn."
According to Schelling, one of the most important features of lyric poetry is the use of devices to create musicality. There are many possible devices for achieving this effect, such as: "Rhythm ordered with artistic variety on the basis of an organic.."
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Art and Human Nature, 2007.
This paper compares the "The School Boy" by William Blake, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats and "The Lady of Shallot" by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
1,396 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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The paper contrasts how the three authors use art in their works to redefine human nature. The paper looks at how Victorian poet Tennyson uses history to paint a romantic and yet disturbing look at the legend of Camelot in "The Lady of Shallot." The paper also illustrates how Blake uses his personal experiences in "The School Boy" to show childish human nature torn between summer and the schoolroom. Finally, the paper shows how Keats speaks of music, heard and unheard, in "Ode on a Grecian Urn".
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"Comparing these works can be difficult, because they all have such different views of art and human nature. Keats statement, "'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,--that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know'" (Keats), is pure Romantic - hopeful, positive, and full of future promise. Tennyson, on the other hand, is just the opposite. His poem is not totally depressing, but it certainly has a darker view of humankind. Blake's work falls somewhere in the middle, it is a more realistic look at one small part of human nature, and how to enjoy life to the fullest, one (summer) day at a time."
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Comparative Analysis of Yeats and Keats, 2006.
A comparison of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by Keats and "Sailing to Byzantium" by Yeats.
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This paper discusses the common theme of permanence that exists between the poems "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Sailing to Byzantium". According to the paper, both poets discuss the art that depicts ancient times in relation to its ability to exist in frozen time. Although man may age and know change and eventual death, the figures that the art displays will forever be young, beautiful and vibrant because the time displayed on the art is permanent. Throughout the works of Yeats and Keats this theme is displayed by the use of poetic elements. Language discursive may either depart from the main point or cover a variety of issues in the selection of literature. Keats writes of an urn that displays ancient times, and figures that cannot be altered by time.
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Ode, 2002.
A comaprison between 2 poems: "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to a Mouse".
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This paper compares and contrasts the poems "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to a Mouse" and presents their analysis.
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Choral Ode in "Agamemnon", 2006.
An analysis of the choral ode of the "Agamemnon" and its relevance to the play as a whole.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, AU$ 28.95
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"The choral odes in Greek tragedy serve to explain and promote the theme. The overall theme of the "Agamemnon" is a contradictory one, extreme hatred within a context of love. The choral ode analyzed in this paper is pure chorus and is an address to Clytemnestra which had commenced "My lady, no grave man could speak with better grace". The ode is therefore a challenge to male dominance. This choral ode is a continuation of the theme of male-female conflict begun in the first choral ode that also was addressed to Clytemnestra.
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"Ode to St. Cecilia's Day", 2002.
An analysis of John Dryden's poem "Ode to St. Cecilia's Day", a tribute to the patron saint of music.
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The paper analyzes "Ode to St. Cecilia's Day", a poem written by John Dryden which celebrates the feast-day of Saint Cecilia on November 22, as well as the majesty of music. The paper shows that music is a heavenly treat that leads to celestial harmony and the mystery of music is clarified through Dryden's use of metaphor and personification. The paper discusses how in different stanzas, Dryden lends various instruments individual qualities according to their particular sounds. It shows how these instruments become metaphors for human passions and for the wonders of nature.
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"Throughout the "Ode to St. Cecilia's Day," John Dryden personifies music in general and instruments in particular. From the second to the sixth stanza, Dryden outlines the specific qualities of certain instruments. Stanza 2 is devoted to Jubal's corded shell. Alluding to the biblical character of Jubal, Dryden further exemplifies the divine nature of music. The corded shell "spoke so sweetly and so well," (line 23). The music that emanates from Jubal's shell has the power to "raise and quell" any human passion (line 24). Because the poet chooses verbs regularly delegated to the realm of human experience, music becomes anthropomorphised. Furthermore, because these verbs tend to be uplifting in nature, music becomes deified."
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Loss of Imagination in Dejection: An Ode, 2001.
This paper is a review of the poem "Dejection: an Ode" and looks at whether or not it is possible to lose one's imagination.
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This paper takes up the idea of loss of imagination, a popular idea of romantic poetry, that is the central theme of the poem, "Dejection: An Ode." The author compares this poem to the biblical story,
"The Fall" in order to show that there is a "point of no return" that is associated with the biblical example and that this must also be assumed in Coleridge's comparison to a loss of imagination.
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"Consider for a moment the absence of all imagination. Of course, such an act is impossible. The very fascination of such an idea prompts the human mind to initiate its most creative powers. Nonetheless, Coleridge presents a hope-tinged lament to the notion of a loss of imagination in
"Dejection: An Ode." The demise of "genial spirits" in response to Wordsworth is depicted as permanent, and readers are offered no hopes of the visionary consolation through memory found in "Intimations Ode Instead, the speaker's "grief without a pang, void, dark, and drear" is irreversible and comes from deep within. The only expectation from which he may draw solace is that his "Lady" who is "pure of heart" may "evermore rejoice".
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Social Change and "Ode to the West Wind", 2008.
A discussion of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" and how it reflects his views on social change.
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This paper examines the concept of change and revolution in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind". The paper points out that Shelley's poetry and theories embody many of the characteristics that typify the Romantic period, such as the rejection of social norms and conventions, as well as themes of dejection, loss and alienation. The paper asserts that the poem is a lamentation of the loss brought on to nature through the west wind during the winter months. However, at the same time, the speaker seeks refuge in the anticipated regeneration of nature which occurs in the spring through the same force of the west wind. The paper concludes that, through this similar process, Shelley exults in the idea that his poem will have a similar influence on society and future generations as the west wind has on nature.
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"The second section of this poem, which includes stanzas four and five, reveals that Shelley is able to seek delight in the fact that his writings could potentially have similar consequences to society as the West Wind has on nature. In the fourth stanza, Shelley expresses his desire for nature as he prays to a greater force by saying "Oh lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud" (53). This plea by Shelley exemplifies the power that he believes nature possesses, as he now feels inferior to the power inherited in nature and begs for nature's mercy. Moreover, Shelley comes to the realization that the only way in which he can ultimately acquire the power of the wind is through the process of death, as with death, come rebirth in the naturalistic realm. This is evident as Shelley proclaims "I fall upon the thorns of life! I bled!" (54). Shelley then shows his understanding of the inevitability of his death as he state "A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed/ One too like thee--tameless, and swift, and proud" (55-56). Not only does Shelley understand this inevitability, but he reveals that he may be undeserving of the inevitable death as he has been "chained" to the confinement of humanity, in which Shelley himself will not regenerate even though he is an individual of pride. He also appears to be attempting to plea with the wind, as he parallels himself to the personification that he gave to the wind such as wild and tameless."
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"Ode: on the Death of a Favorite Cat", 2002.
This paper is a feminist critique of Thomas Gray's poem, "Ode: on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes".
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This paper discusses the troubling symbolisms in Thomas Gray's "Ode: on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes".
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John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale", 2005.
This paper discusses the stylistic aspects of John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale".
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This paper explains that, in "Ode to a Nightingale", Keats contrasts his idealized view of a nightingale with his jaded opinion of man's life. The author points out that, as the poem proceeds, his response to the bird's song begins as a celebration of the magnificent "immortal bird" before devolving into a lamentation about the "palsies" and "leaden-eyed despairs" of mankind. The paper relates that Keats' varying diction, imagery and tone correspond to the poem's shifting focus and help the reader to understand the narrator's changing responses to the nightingale.
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"Like his diction and imagery, Keats' tone alternates between elevated and debased as his attention focuses on the nightingale and on man's plight. The poem's first two stanzas portray an ecstasy so great that the poet feels almost insufficient to express it. He can only compare it to a pleasant intoxication-"as though of hemlock I had drunk, / Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains" (lines 2-3). He feels "too happy" (line 6) on contemplating the joy of the nightingale. This ecstatic tone continues through the end of the second stanza when he hopes to "drink, and leave the world unseen, / And with thee fade away into the forest dim" (lines 19-20)."
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