John Keats' Odes

Presentation about John Keats, the romantic poet and his six famous lyrical odes - Ode to Autumn, Ode on Melancholy in particular and mentioning Ode To a nightingale, ode on a grecian urn, ode to pysche and ode on indolence

1. POETRY ASSIGNMENT

2. Keats, Shelley, Byron, Blake, Coleridge John Keats – A Romantic Poet

3. About John Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet and a key figure in the second generation of the Romantic Movement. The poetry of Keats is characterized by sensual imagery. Unlike his contemporaries who worshipped nature as God, he was a true adorer of nature who wrote poetry for the sake of poetry. Published 54 poems in his lifetime. Died of tuberculosis at the young age of 25.

4. Major Works Six Lyric Odes Ode on Indolence Ode to Psyche Ode to a Nightingale Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode on Melancholy Ode to Autumn Other Poems Hyperion Endymion The Eve of St. Agnes La Belle Dame sans Merci “When I have fears” “Bright Star” Lamia

5. Keats’s Odes

6. What is an Ode? A form of poetry that’s written usually addressed to someone or something. It represents the poet's musings on that person or thing. Derived from a Greek word  aeidein , which means to chant or sing . Subject matter is solemn and serious Also written praising someone, something or commemorating an event

7. Main Themes Nature Emotion Escapism Melancholy Mortality Medievalism Hellenism Beauty Imagination

8. Ode to Autumn

9. Ode on Melancholy

10. Symbols of Death WOLFSBANE YEW BERRIES NIGHTSHADE

11. SCARAB BEETLE DEATH MOTH OWL

12. ALLUSION TO PERSEPHONE – QUEEN OF UNDERWORLD, WIFE OF HADES & DAUGHTER OF DEMETER

13. BEAUTY IS FLEETING

14. Joy & Sorrow