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A2 English Literature Keats Compare and contrast Keats's 'Ode to a Nightingale' and 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' At the centre of Keats's imaginative achievement lie his odes, in particular 'Ode to a Nightingale' and 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'. Owing to the fact that they were written within months of one another, one might reasonably expect to find similarities of interest, theme or mood between them, however unique and distinctive each individual ode may be. What is noticeable about Keats's work is that it can be related to inner conflicts, as love is intertwined with pain, and pleasure is intertwined with death. The dictionary defines an ode as a lyrical poem that praises something or someone, and English odes in particular are written to eulogise a person, music, poetry or even abstract concepts. Being one of the second generation of Romantic poets meant that Keats was able to take liberties with the...

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