Ode on a Grecian Urn
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” as I’ve learned is known for its conclusions and meditation on the nature of beauty. After researching the author a bit i found that he was close to dying at the time, which would fuel his want to comment on the beauty of everything around him. The urn takes many forms within the poem, it is of course the main symbol. He also has very odd rhyming going on within the poem, in each stanza he starts off using an ABAB format for the first 4 lines then for the remaining 6 he used a miltonic sestet, as i learned from researching that was used a lot in greek poetry and hence the grecian urn. He could have crafted his style to conform to that of the greeks, although many people don’t know because way back in the day most of the people wrote differently and are influenced by many different cultures. I also found an oxymoron with the unheard melodies and that was just interesting to me.
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