Compare Ode On A Grecian Urn and Ode To A Nightingale By John Keats
In the odes “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats, the author talks about the ideal life and how it differs from the real one. In “Ode on a Grecian Urn” Keats describes another life of its own from pictures on an urn. ... In “Ode to a Nightingale” the poet talks about pain and sorrows and how he wants to escape them. The ode’s focus is on a bird who is free from the pains of the world and Keats talks about flying away with that bird and freeing himself from his heartache. ... To begin, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” starts off with the poet contemplating on a piece of pottery and on that pottery are drawings. This urn has drawings of life frozen in its time. Keats starts to find himself growing emotionally involved in the stilled life in the urn. ... Keats then begins to question the drawing on the urn. In stanza II the first four lines contrast the ideal and the real saying that melodies played back in the time of the urn were much sweeter then the melodies played in this real time. He begins to describe what he sees on the urn. ... In stanza III illustrates more how the urn is the ideal life without disappointment and suffering.