John Keats was an English Romantic poet who died in England at the age of 25 of tuberculosis. ... The speaker reflects on the immortality of the nightingale (7th stanza) for it's song has been heard through all past and future time; with this Keats demonstrates how beautiful nature is, because unlike love and life, it is immortal and it inspires every person in time. ... Like many of other Romantic poems, Keats explores the beauty of nature, this time by appreciating the immortality of the nightingale's song for it has been heard throughout the ages. Ode to a Nightingale is consider...

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John Keats" poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" describes his thoughts of a shapely Grecian urn painted with images of people, nature and other Greek aspects. ... The lines "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;" show that Keats would rather look at the stories encompassed by the urn than listen to the music playing at the moment. ...

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What do John Keats, Ghalib, and Charles Baudelaire have in common? ... Another great poem that speaks of sadness is John Keats" "Ode to a Grecian Urn." ... Keats then says that "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter". ... If the music was heard, it would only please him until the piper stopped playing, but in looking at the painting of the piper playing, he can take pleasure in it every time that he looks at it. ...

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John Keats, a poet who attained extraordinary achievement for his short lifetime, was born the son of a London stableman. ... He expresses that the idealized and imagined "unheard melodies" are sweeter than the heard melodies, asserting that the heard melodies can never be perfected. ...

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The first poem I have chosen is The Lotos-Eaters by Lord Alfred Tennyson, and the second poem I have chosen is On First Looking into Chapman's Homer by John Keats. ... He tells his story of how he traveled across the globe and met a variety of different people, also how he had heard of Homer's lands, but did not realize, until analyzing Chapman's version, how much of an impression it could have on a person. ...

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Fortunately enough, in scene-stanzas 2 and 3, he manages to prevent being overwhelmed with questions and manages to focus on aspects of the scenery in an elaborate manner, and as a metanarrator, he becomes quite poised; nevertheless, the paradox is ceaseless: Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter . ... John Keats was not doomed to failure, and his name was never" writ on water". ...

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John Keats "Ode to Psyche" is a lyrical poem that is revealed through a euphoric utopia where ideas and aspirations become the fundamental elements that maintain the human spirit. ... (Keats 879) The narrator is at a point where he needs to be heard. ...

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Two main texts that share the enduring quality that still makes them popular today are "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats, a pre-1900 text, and "Harry Potter" byJ.K.Rowling, a twentieth century text "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a quintessential example of a text relating to the "quest" genre. This poem was written by John Keats, a prominent poet during the time between 1750 and 1850- the period of "Romanticism". ... The line "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter" speaks true to the saying "A picture is worth a thousand words". ... He is the "unheard melody that is never r...

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John's College, Cambridge and then to the University of Cambridge. ... An example of his focus in humanity was in London in 1802 when he made a plea to the poet John Milton to return and teach humanity how to regain the morality and virtue it once had. ... Along with the setting he wanted you to feel this breeze rub against your skin which creates a sense of peace and tranquility that this sight brought to your inner soul .Several contributing factors that inspired William Wordsworth to write poetry throughout his life were brilliant poetry writers such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Mi...

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