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Ode on a Grecian Urn.pdf

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Background Informati<strong>on</strong><br />

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John Keats (1795-1821): English poet;<br />

poems not popular during life, but<br />

recognized now as <strong>on</strong>e of the greatest<br />

Romanticism poets<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Ode</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> a <strong>Grecian</strong> <strong>Urn</strong> is <strong>on</strong>e of his<br />

Great <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ode</str<strong>on</strong>g>s of 1819 (<str<strong>on</strong>g>Ode</str<strong>on</strong>g> to a<br />

Nightingale, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ode</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Melancholy, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ode</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

<strong>on</strong> Indolence, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Ode</str<strong>on</strong>g> to Psyche)<br />

This poem is an example of ekphrasis<br />

(<strong>on</strong>e form of art is used to describe<br />

another)

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