Romanticism is an artistic movement in poetry in which one reflects on life and the world through nature and the imagination. John Keats uses romantic lyrical poetry to convey self-reflection. Keats portraits self-reflection with the use of vivid imagery through mediums such as nature and the imagination. John Keat’s Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn suggest that through nature and the imagination, the truth of man’s existence will be revealed as a common belief of romanticism. Ode to a Nightingale is a lyrical romantic poem in which Keats reflects on existence, as well as mortality and immortality. The rhyme scheme in this poem is abab, with a meter that is primarily iambic pentameter. Further, the theme of the poem, Ode to a
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In the first stanza, the speaker is listening to the nightingale sing “some melodious plot,” which denotes the speakers aches and pains from the beauty of the bird 's song (8). In stanza three, the speaker mentions the “fever, and the fret” of life, the fret being the worry of the mortality of man (23). Furthermore, the speaker also mentions in stanza three that the “youth grows pale, and specter-thin” (26). Everything in …show more content…
The rhyme scheme of this poem is abab and the meter is iambic pentameter. The theme revolves around the urn and the permanence and reality surrounding the urn. In the first stanza, the speaker marvels at the urn and its picture, which depicts an “unravished bride of quietness” (1). The bride is quiet because she is a timeless image that is apart of an unfinished story. In the second stanza, the speaker mentions melodies that are “unheard are sweeter” because they are unaffected by the harsh reality that is time (11). In the third stanza, the speaker sheds light on the melodist whose “songs forever new” (24). The songs will be forever new because each person who sees the urn will imagine a different melody. In the fourth stanza, the speaker gazes upon a new scene, one of a group of villagers heading to a sacrifice of a heifer. The heifer was covered “with garlands dressed,” which remained on the heifer due to its permanence within the urn (34). In the fifth and final stanza, the speaker mentions that the urn “shalt remain, in midst of other woe” (47). Although generations will come and go, the beauty of the urn will
In the first stanza, the speaker is listening to the nightingale sing “some melodious plot,” which denotes the speakers aches and pains from the beauty of the bird 's song (8). In stanza three, the speaker mentions the “fever, and the fret” of life, the fret being the worry of the mortality of man (23). Furthermore, the speaker also mentions in stanza three that the “youth grows pale, and specter-thin” (26). Everything in …show more content…
The rhyme scheme of this poem is abab and the meter is iambic pentameter. The theme revolves around the urn and the permanence and reality surrounding the urn. In the first stanza, the speaker marvels at the urn and its picture, which depicts an “unravished bride of quietness” (1). The bride is quiet because she is a timeless image that is apart of an unfinished story. In the second stanza, the speaker mentions melodies that are “unheard are sweeter” because they are unaffected by the harsh reality that is time (11). In the third stanza, the speaker sheds light on the melodist whose “songs forever new” (24). The songs will be forever new because each person who sees the urn will imagine a different melody. In the fourth stanza, the speaker gazes upon a new scene, one of a group of villagers heading to a sacrifice of a heifer. The heifer was covered “with garlands dressed,” which remained on the heifer due to its permanence within the urn (34). In the fifth and final stanza, the speaker mentions that the urn “shalt remain, in midst of other woe” (47). Although generations will come and go, the beauty of the urn will