Introduction of the Poem: “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is one of the finest odes of Keats. Keats wrote it in the same circumstances in which he wrote his another great Ode to a Nightingale. A marble urn belonging to Lord Holland is the main source of this poem. The urn is still there in … Read more
In this great ode, Keats presents an ideal philosophy of beauty based on truth. The urn represents it. The urn has a Grecian shape. It attracts the poet very much. It presents two lively pictures engraved on the urn. The pictures have the blessing of eternity. Nothing engraved in the pictures is subject to change. … Read more
Keats’ High Imagination: Keats’ faculty of high imagination comes to light in his great odes. In Ode on A Grecian Urn for example, he imagines that the piper, the lover, the lady and the tree engraved on the urn have the blessings of eternity. The piper will never tired and his songs will never be … Read more
Sensuousness in the Poem: Sensuousness is the paramount quality of Keats’ poetical genius. Keats is pre – eminently the poet of the senses and their delights. No one has created to and gratified the five human senses (touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing) to the same extent as Keats. He is a great lover of … Read more