Ode on a Grecian Urn "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats in May 1819 and published in January 1820 (see 1820 in poetry). It is one of his "Great Odes of 1819"‚ which include "Ode on Indolence"‚ "Ode on Melancholy"‚ "Ode to a Nightingale"‚ and "Ode to Psyche". Keats found earlier forms of poetry unsatisfactory for his purpose‚ and the collection represented a new development of the ode form. He was inspired to write the poem after reading two articles
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ODE ON A GRECIAN URN Odes – An Introduction The poem `Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is a poem written by John Keats in the form of an ode. In its original (Greek) form‚ an ode is an elaborately structured poem written in praise of an event or individual‚ with a perfect amalgamation of intellectual and emotional approaches. In the history of British poetry‚ the ode has retained its purpose (glorification)‚ but altered the structure. The Great Odes by Keats The ode being discussed is one of the `Great
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sensory ode in a lyrical form‚ glorifying Autumn. In John Keats’s ode‚ ‘To Autumn’‚ the theme of abundance and fruitfulness on Autumn is portrayed. During the Romanticism period‚ the Romantics had a keen appreciation of nature’s beauty. As Keats’s believed that the deepest meaning of life lay in the appreciation of material beauty‚ as his poems convey a strong evocation of human senses experiencing what he perceived‚ as the sensuous wonder of the physical world. In stanza one of the ode‚ Keats’s
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My name is Florence Nightingale and I was born in Florence‚ Italy on May 12‚ 1820. My father is William Nightingale of Embly Park‚ New Hampshire. He’s a Unitarian and a Whig that is involved in the anti-slavery movement. My mother is Fanny Nightingale who also came from a Unitarian family. I have one sister‚ that I love very much‚ whose name is Parthenope. At the time when I was born‚ many girls did not receive any type of education. My sister and I were lucky to have a father that believed
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Ode to John Keats At an early age‚ John Keats experienced a tough life that was surrounded by death. Not only did he lose his mother‚ father‚ and half of his siblings when he was young‚ but he was exposed to death and illness when he was a teenager working as an apprentice surgeon. He soon became a Romantic poet with an obsession with death‚ which can be seen in his poems throughout his life‚ particularly in his famous “Great Odes”. Between the spring and autumn of 1819‚ Keats wrote six odes
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Diagrams of Florence Nightingale If you read the article on Florence Nightingale in “The Children’s Book of Famous Lives”1 you will not learn that she had to battle with her parents to be allowed to study Mathematics. If you read the Ladybird book “Florence Nightingale”2 you will not discover that she was the first woman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. In looking around for an area of research I was intrigued to discover that Florence Nightingale‚ who I always thought
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Tuesday‚ March 6‚ 2007 Ode to Evening - William Collins Introduction: “Ode to Evening‚” is one among the most enduring poems of William Collins. It is a beautiful poem of fifty-two lines‚ addressed to a goddess figure representing evening. This nymph‚ or maid‚ who personifies dusk‚ is chaste‚ reserv’d‚ and meek‚ in contrast to the bright-hair’d sun‚ a male figure who withdraws into his tent‚ making way for night. Thus evening is presented as the transition between light and darkness. Collins’
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The nightingale and the rose 1. What is the student’s major? His major is phylosophy. 2. Is he experienced in love? No‚ he isn’t. The student is the symbol of the young and naive person who is‚ at first‚ passioned by his philosophy books before he gets attracted in the arms of Love. 3. What troubles the young student at the beginning of the story? The student is sad because the daughter of the proffessor promised to dance with him on condition that he brought her red rose‚ but he did not find any
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Analysis on Irony Text: “The Nightingale and the Rose” by Oscar Wilde Situational Irony is very evident in “The Nightingale and the Rose”. The outcome of the story is far from what readers expect. First‚ the readers would assume that there is actually true love between the student and the Professor’s daughter and that the in the end of a story lies a happy ending for the two. From the introduction to almost the end of the story (except the last 6 paragraphs from 57-62)‚ the author tries
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ODE TO AUTUMN John Keats This poem‚ an ode‚ is the last of Keats’ odes. In it‚ the poet exhibits a rich mood of serenity by describing autumn as a season of mellow fruitfulness – a season of ripeness and fulfillment. This ode is known for its remarkable sensuous beauty that is crafted by employment of several visual‚ tactile and auditory imageries together with the personification of autumn as a woman engaged in various autumnal activities. In the first stanza‚ the poet has described the
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