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John Keats
The poet’s intention is to provoke thought. ...
Trough the constant imagery present in John Keats’ poetry, he encourages his audience to ‘think outside the square’- to use their imagination and to provoke thought. ...
In the poem ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’, Keats refers to an ancient Grecian artefact. ...
In stanza 1, Keats talks to the urn itself, asking rhetorical questions such as “What men or gods are these? ... With this line, Keats is trying to say that the imagined tune of the pipes would be better than the actual song, as imagination is often better compared to reality. Keats then goes on to talk about how the characters on the urn can never change, as they are simply pictures and no more. ... ” By this, Keats means that even the trees are frozen as such. ... Keats also writes “All breathing human passion far above”. ... Here, Keats notices a heifer being sacrificed on an altar, while a town nearby is completely deserted. Keats wonders why there is not a person in the town “not a soul to tell why thou art desolate”, and realizes he will never be able to know why the town is deserted.
In the last stanza, Keats writes “When old age shall this generation waste, thou shalt remain”.
Approximate Word count = 985
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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