The Ode A lyric poem expresses the thoughts or emotions of a single speaker. |
An ode is a kind of lyric poem tht: – explores a serious topic – is written in a formal style – is often addressed to someone or something |
Diction means "word choice" By analyzing diction, readers can better understand a poem’s: |
– meaning – tone, or attitude 2wards its subject |
John Keats (1795 – 1821) |
– studied medicine but decided to bcome a poet – published his first book of poems in 1817 – died of tuberculosis at age 25 – bcame popular after his death |
Quiz (1st try): |
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#1 What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What is the impact of Keats’s repetition of the word what? |
XXX D. |
#2 Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed What does the speaker say about the main topic of the passage? |
B. He praises the advantages of being frozen in time. |
#3 Such dim-conceived glories of the brain Which theme does this passage support? |
XXX A. B.Even art is affected by the ravages of time. |
#4 |
XXX 1, 2, & 5 |
#5 One theme in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is that art is an eternal and unchanging truth. Now, read the passage from "Solitary Reaper," another poem from the romantic period. Whate’er the theme, the Maiden sang Which line from "Solitary Reaper" is most thematically similar to the theme of eternal art in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"? |
XXX C. |
#6 So do these wonders a most dizzy pain, Now, read the passage from "Ozymandias," another poem from the romantic period. And on the pedestal these words appear: How do the passages’ themes compare? |
XXX C. |
#7 One theme in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is that art is an eternal and unchanging truth. Now, read the passage from Keats’s poem "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles." So do these wonders a most dizzy pain, The theme of the passage relates to the theme from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by |
B. contradicting it. |
#8 One theme in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is that art is an eternal and unchanging truth. Now, read the passage from "Ozymandias," another poem from the romantic period. And on the pedestal these words appear: While the theme of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" focuses on how art is eternal, the theme of "Ozymandias" focuses on how |
XXX’ A. |
#9 Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Based on the word choice, the speaker’s overall tone is |
XXX D. |
#10 And, happy melodist, unwearied, Which word in the passage expresses eagerness? |
D. panting |
Quiz (2nd attempt…): |
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#1 Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Which theme does the passage most convey? |
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#2 is the same as #7 from the 1st attempt |
answer is b. contradicting it |
#3 is the same as #3 from the 1st attempt |
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#4 |
topic |
#5 While the message in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is that art is an eternal and unchanging truth, the message in "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles" is that art changes over time. The paper is stating the poems’ |
XXX C. |
#6 Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Keats uses the phrase "spirit ditties" to describe the |
B. songs the people on the urn appear to be playing. |
#7 is the same as #10 from the first attempt |
answer is d. panting |
#8 |
tone |
#9 is the same as #9 from the first attempt |
B. encouraging |
#10 So do these wonders a most dizzy pain, Now, read the passage from "Ozymandias," another poem from the romantic period. And on the pedestal these words appear: How do the passages’ themes compare? |
XXX D. |
Themes in the Poetry of Keats, The Enlightmnt and Romanticism…
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