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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This is clearly demonstrated in his poem, "Ode on Intimations of Immortality." ... In order to understand and recognize the traits that scream Romanticism in "Ode on Intimations of Immortality," one must first know what they are. ... Wordsworth's use of language in "Ode on Intimations of Immortality" is one way that he demonstrates many of these Romantic characteristics. ... The main theme of "Ode on Intimations of Immortality" is searching for comfort or peace while realizing the loss of childhood innocence and lack of constraint. ... Stanza VII continues illustrating this corruption and...

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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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The Reflections of Nature in Ode on a Grecian Urn, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey During the Romantic movement, many poets write about nature thematically. ... In Ode on a Grecian Urn, Keats expresses a love for art and nature, which are two major themes of the Romantic period. ... Keats also uses nature when he is describing the piper who plays an "unheard melody" (Keats 1). He explains to the reader that the piper is sitting beneath trees as he plays his pipe. ...

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The succession of sound in Stanza four finally breaks into the feeling of uneasiness in the poem with a similar use of assonance- the play of s' sounds such as the sudden, successive flights of bullets [which] streak the silence'. ... Keats's Ode To A Nightingale', which begins with the lines: my heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains, ( Purkis 117) is echoed in the fir...

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