Ode to a Grecian Urn

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“Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats in May 1819 and published in January 1820. 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. Keats was aware of other works on classical Greek art, and had first-hand exposure to the Elgin Marbles, all of which reinforced his belief that classical Greek art was idealistic and captured Greek virtues, which forms the basis of the poem. Illustrated by Alma Tadema’ s “Pottery Painting”

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