Ode on a Grecian Urn

Ode on a Hellenic Urn

John Keats brilliantly mappings poetical run and descriptive language in an attempt to evoke interestingness in an essentially uninteresting subject, as well as support a hidden agenda, with his poetry, Ode on a Greek Urn. It is a delight all-embracingy reflective, lyrical poem, which contemplates the beauty of still device with the movement of life. By looking at the intricate poetic language Keats chooses for this ode we are allowed access to the enchanting images of the urn and also into the introverted mood of Keats himself. The three primary tools Keats uses are the ennoble of the poem, phrase conforming to rhyme scheme, and literary devices.

        

The title of the poem, Ode on a Grecian Urn seems at first simple and meaningless, but when canvas at greater depth, sinister meaning becomes evident. Each news in the title has meaning. First, we see that he used the name Ode in the title, obviously stating the poetic form of his work. The treatment Ode in the title is to make firm in the readers mind that the poem will praise the urn as its primary function. The next word, on, is an odd choice for the title.



It would make more sense to use the word to (Ode to a Grecian Urn); Keats wanted to tie the title to the final two lines that the true ode (the poetry) is actually on the Grecian Urn. The third word, a, serves an obvious meaning: to establish that thither is only one of these Urns, perhaps cementing the uniqueness of the Urn. The fourth word comes as a surprise as well- why did he not simply use the adjective Greek? In the Websters New World Dictionary, Greek is defined as of superannuated or modern Greece, its people, language...

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