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Ode on a Grecian Urn - New Criticism John Keats' poem Ode on a Grecian Urn describes an urn and the way it makes him feel. The poem begins by asking questions about the characters depicted on the urn and leads into the speaker's feelings of eternity and death. This is followed by a show of frustration and a restatement of the speaker's feelings on eternity. In actuality, the entire poem is the speaker comparing the people and events depicted on the urn to life. Therefore, the urn is symbolic, as it embodies the meaning of life for the speaker. The poem is written about a Grecian urn, not literally but as a symbol for the speaker's feelings about life. The speaker indicates that he enjoys the little mysteries of life and basically that he feels the best things in life should be kept secret. "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/Are...

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