One of his most read ode's, is "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Keats does three things in this ode to attempt to convey his thoughts: he uses a series of paradoxes in the poem to contrast the differences between the mortal life portrayed in the art on the urn and the frozen permanence of the urn itself, he makes use of a narrator who speaks to the urn and asks questions of both the urn and of the reader to show the mystery of the urn's art, and he also makes use positive and negative wording of the language in this poem to show his underlying feelings on the subject of the poem. ... In s...

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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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