Carefully read the poem 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats. Write an essay of not more that 1500 words in which you analyse the poem and comment on the poetic form and language used and the way they contribute to the meaning and effects of the poem.

... Natalia Atkinson Student ID: W7234978 A210:TMA03 01/05/2007 Carefully read the poem 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats. Write an essay of not more that 1500 words in which you analyse the poem and comment on the poetic form and language used and the way they contribute to the meaning and effects of the poem. 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is a delightfully reflective, lyrical poem, which contemplates the beauty of static art with the transience of life. Although initially we revel in the enchanting charm of the urn depicted we understand that art is eternal in its moment of emotion, and what it gains in its infinite life it also looses with the lack of motion of it being fixed. By looking at the intricate poetic language Keat's chooses for this ode we are allowed access to the enchanting images of the urn and also into the introspective mood of Keat's himself. The word

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