The Death of the Human Spirit in "Harlem" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn" Although Langston Hughes's "Harlem" and John Keats" "Ode on a Grecian Urn" were written about 130 years apart and they differ in their structure, they seem to share a similar underlying theme. ... The poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" leaves the reader with the impression of a spiritual death. ... As for the questions in Keats "Ode on a Grecian Urn", it seems as though the poet is asking the questions not to the reader, but to himself. ... An angry tone in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" would only make this poem more confusin...

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"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a romantic ode, a dignified but highly lyrical (emotional) poem in which the author speaks to a person or thing absent or present. In this famous ode, Keats addresses the urn and the images on it. The romantic ode was at the pinnacle of its popularity in the nineteenth century. ... The romantic ode evolved from the ancient Greek ode, written in a serious tone to celebrate an event or to praise an individual. ... Keats then notes that the young man playing the pipe beneath trees must always remain an etched figure on the urn. ...

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When analyzing the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn," I wondered what was trying to be said about the urn. ... An ode is a long lyrical poem that is formal and serious. ... He writes, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on" (11-12). ...

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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. ... "Ode on a Grecian Urn" captures many aspects that relate to Keats" own life and the romantic era. ...

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Ode on a Grecian Urn When Keats started writing, in the early 19th century, ancient art was in fashion and Greek images were very popular. ... Both the Romantics and Victorians addressed the idea of preserving the perfect moment and Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn" is one such perfect moment captured in art. ... Keats plays with the idea that this is a sort of heaven, that this moment of anticipation is ultimately more enjoyable than the disappointments that the reality of life will often bring, Though surely there is some irony that the passion in the anticipation alone is unfulfilling,...

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"Ode on a Grecian Urn" The Unsolved Riddle: a One Act Play Almost throughout the history of English poetry never came a poem so controversial as Keats" " Ode On a Grecian Urn". ... The three of them become members performing a play, with Keats as the writer, the director, and the metanarrator; the poem as the stage; the reader as the interactive audience and the perplexed critic. ... In this sense, the object portrayed: the actress, supposedly serving to convey the beauty of the means of depiction: the play-poem, eclipses it with her pioneering efficiency instead. ... In the fifth and...

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This famous quote from Keats' "Endymion"" perfectly describes what he loved to pen: works on beauty, and beauty is one of the main themes in his work "Ode on a Grecian Urn". ... The second story is that of the young man playing his pipe under a tree for his lover. ... The speaker claims, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on." (11-12). ...

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Three great examples of this are Baudelaire's "A Carrion", Keats" "Ode on a Grecian Urn", and Ghalib's V and XII Ghazals. ... Another great poem that speaks of sadness is John Keats" "Ode to a Grecian Urn." ... There is a piper playing on his pipe, and even though he cannot hear the music that is produced from the pipe, he can imagine the sweetness of the melody. 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. ... From Baudelaire's ...

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