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Poetic Analysis of John Keats' 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'

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is impossible to miss several artistic characteristics used by Keats in all of his poetry. John Keats is one of the most noted poets in history and "Ode on  a Grecian Urn" is among his most recognized works. His style served as an inspiration for hundreds of other poets who followed. Keats poetry in general, and "Ode  on a Grecian Urn" specifically, is shaped by his philosophy regarding the importance of the fine excesses of the written and spoken word.  In "Ode to a Grecian Urn" like the rest of his work Keats employed his intellect along with his emotion. He emphasized specific beauty of an object  or person in relation with the beauty of the setting in which that object or person existed (Rosen, 1998). In the case of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"  the object of beauty which he admires is an inanimate but beautifully decorated Grecian Urn. In Keats view, however, the urn is telling a story. It tells:  "A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme"  The urn it seems, inanimate or not, is alive in some peculiar sense. In "Ode on a Grecian Urn", Keats turns the  inanimate into fully fleshed people and circumstances. The two dimensional world of a painting flows from the surface to present a sense of reality and being. This world  is not limited to sheer appearance, however. Indeed, Keats captivatingly emphasizes emotion in this poem as well, speculating on the feelings the individuals painted on the urn have for