Ode on a Grecian Urn - Keats

ODE ON A GRECIAN URN Keats was one of the most remarkable poets in English literature. Though he died young yet, he left a permanent mark of his matchless intellect. Here, we are concerned to analyse one of his masterly fabricated, ardently conceived, beautifully exposed and matchlessly versified odes i.e., ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’.   In this ode, he treats with the subject of transitoriness of human life and immortality of art. Keats possessed a strong imagination. He gases at the urn and is transported into an intuitive condition. He expresses his wonder at the long life of the urn and appreciates the charming and fascinating scene carved on the surface of the urn.   “Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time.”   The beautiful scene is surrounded by an enchanting silence. The poet calls the urn a nursling of silence. Its beauty has been hidden from the eyes of the explorers for centuries. The poet calls the urn;   “Sylvan historian, who ca