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Ode, 2002.
A comaprison between 2 poems: "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to a Mouse".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the poems "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to a Mouse" and presents their analysis.
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Choral Ode in "Agamemnon", 2006.
An analysis of the choral ode of the "Agamemnon" and its relevance to the play as a whole.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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"The choral odes in Greek tragedy serve to explain and promote the theme. The overall theme of the "Agamemnon" is a contradictory one, extreme hatred within a context of love. The choral ode analyzed in this paper is pure chorus and is an address to Clytemnestra which had commenced "My lady, no grave man could speak with better grace". The ode is therefore a challenge to male dominance. This choral ode is a continuation of the theme of male-female conflict begun in the first choral ode that also was addressed to Clytemnestra.
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Odes of Keats, 1993.
Lyricism (musicality, simplicity, tone & mood, subjectivity) in "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale" & three others.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 15 sources, £ 77.95
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" Edward Bliss Reed has claimed that "the odes of Keats are not only the greatest lyric achievement, but they are the finest expression of his genius" (425). These works of John Keats are particularly notable for their fine sense of lyricism. Most definitions of lyricism include four aspects which are found in abundance in Keats' odes: musicality, simplicity of subject, emphasis on tone and mood, and subjectivity in thought and feeling. This paper will examine these elements as contained in five of Keats' odes: "Ode on Melancholy," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode to Psyche," and "To Autumn."
According to Schelling, one of the most important features of lyric poetry is the use of devices to create musicality. There are many possible devices for achieving this effect, such as: "Rhythm ordered with artistic variety on the basis of an organic.."
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John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale", 2005.
This paper discusses the stylistic aspects of John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale".
945 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 23.95
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This paper explains that, in "Ode to a Nightingale", Keats contrasts his idealized view of a nightingale with his jaded opinion of man's life. The author points out that, as the poem proceeds, his response to the bird's song begins as a celebration of the magnificent "immortal bird" before devolving into a lamentation about the "palsies" and "leaden-eyed despairs" of mankind. The paper relates that Keats' varying diction, imagery and tone correspond to the poem's shifting focus and help the reader to understand the narrator's changing responses to the nightingale.
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"Like his diction and imagery, Keats' tone alternates between elevated and debased as his attention focuses on the nightingale and on man's plight. The poem's first two stanzas portray an ecstasy so great that the poet feels almost insufficient to express it. He can only compare it to a pleasant intoxication-"as though of hemlock I had drunk, / Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains" (lines 2-3). He feels "too happy" (line 6) on contemplating the joy of the nightingale. This ecstatic tone continues through the end of the second stanza when he hopes to "drink, and leave the world unseen, / And with thee fade away into the forest dim" (lines 19-20)."
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"Ode to the West Wind", 2002.
A brief examination of the poem "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
868 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, £ 20.95
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An analysis of the use of the death motif in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind". It tells us not to grieve at the coming of winter because we must have winter to have the joy of the return of spring. The writer states that in this explanation of death, Shelley reflects the common religious belief that our life on Earth is simply short preparation for the joy of life eternal after we pass on. He uses vivid imagery not only to describe the despair of death but the reasons to rejoice in its final outcome.
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"The poem uses the ?wild west wind (line 1) as his first metaphor for death. All other images of death in the poem refer to the west wind, providing multiple layers of metaphor. He describes it as driving the dead leaves, and describes the dead leaves of fleeing from the wind. In this way he draws a distinction between humans, who can have the joy of life after death, and non-sentient objects such as leaves who simply die and are gone forever. Leaves would flee Death where people should not. The poem?s topic becomes particularly poignant from the very beginning because Shelley died at the young age of 30."
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"Night Wind" and Percy "Ode to the West Wind", 2002.
A comparative analysis of the use of language in Emily Bronte's "Night Wind" and Percy Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper is a comparison of Emily Bronte's, "Night Wind", and Percy Shelley's, "Ode to the West Wind". The paper observes that the use of language in each tells of very divergent understandings on life and fate. It concludes that both authors utilized language and voice effectively so as to demonstrate their personal view of life.
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"Ode: on the Death of a Favorite Cat?, 2002.
This paper is a feminist critique of Thomas Gray's poem, "Ode: on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses the troubling symbolisms in Thomas Gray's "Ode: on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes".
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'Ode To a Grecian Urn', 2004.
This paper studies Keats' aesthetic of art in "Ode to a Grecian Urn".
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 21.95
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In this article, the writer compares and contrasts Keats' aesthetic of art in "Ode to a Grecian Urn" with Wordsworth's "It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Peaceful," Kant's "Perpetual Peace" and Shelley's "Frankenstein."
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"There is one main assessment of the sensuous beauty that is art in Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn". Beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know. Keats' aesthetic of art viewed art as having the capacity to capture the eternal and universal essence of life. In the sensuous beauty of art like the urn one finds the essence of beauty and the essence of truth which are interchangeable. From the imagination of ..."
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?Ode to a Nightingale?, 2002.
An analysis of John Keats' poem "Ode to a Nightingale".
931 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper gives a stanza-by-stanza analysis of John Keats' ?Ode to a Nightingale?, written in 1819. It shows how Keats mingles the beauty of the nightingale with the morbidity of death in his poem. It also questions whether Keats actually witnessed the nightingale he wrote about or whether it was a fancy of his imagination.
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"In the fourth stanza, Keats rejects his desire to get drunk as a means of escape. Instead, he turns to ?the viewless wings of Poesy.? Poetry can remove him from himself faster and better than wine can. He allows the bird song to carry him off: ?Away! Away! For I will fly to thee.? In so doing, he escapes ?the dull brain, which perplexes and retards? and forgets himself long enough to see ?the Queen Moon is on her throne/Clustered around by all her starry fays.?"
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Social Change and "Ode to the West Wind", 2008.
A discussion of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" and how it reflects his views on social change.
1,440 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper examines the concept of change and revolution in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind". The paper points out that Shelley's poetry and theories embody many of the characteristics that typify the Romantic period, such as the rejection of social norms and conventions, as well as themes of dejection, loss and alienation. The paper asserts that the poem is a lamentation of the loss brought on to nature through the west wind during the winter months. However, at the same time, the speaker seeks refuge in the anticipated regeneration of nature which occurs in the spring through the same force of the west wind. The paper concludes that, through this similar process, Shelley exults in the idea that his poem will have a similar influence on society and future generations as the west wind has on nature.
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"The second section of this poem, which includes stanzas four and five, reveals that Shelley is able to seek delight in the fact that his writings could potentially have similar consequences to society as the West Wind has on nature. In the fourth stanza, Shelley expresses his desire for nature as he prays to a greater force by saying "Oh lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud" (53). This plea by Shelley exemplifies the power that he believes nature possesses, as he now feels inferior to the power inherited in nature and begs for nature's mercy. Moreover, Shelley comes to the realization that the only way in which he can ultimately acquire the power of the wind is through the process of death, as with death, come rebirth in the naturalistic realm. This is evident as Shelley proclaims "I fall upon the thorns of life! I bled!" (54). Shelley then shows his understanding of the inevitability of his death as he state "A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed/ One too like thee--tameless, and swift, and proud" (55-56). Not only does Shelley understand this inevitability, but he reveals that he may be undeserving of the inevitable death as he has been "chained" to the confinement of humanity, in which Shelley himself will not regenerate even though he is an individual of pride. He also appears to be attempting to plea with the wind, as he parallels himself to the personification that he gave to the wind such as wild and tameless."
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Ode to Human Passion, 2002.
Analyzes Keats's use of literary devices and imagery in "Ode on a Grecian Urn".
802 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 19.95
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This paper provides a history and an analysis of Keats's poem, "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Examples of Keats's use of metaphor, personification, and imagery are provided, and the qualities that characterize him as a Romantic are discussed.
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"Perhaps his most prolific work, Keats? ?Ode on a Grecian Urn? aesthetically articulates the archaic beauty of a simple urn while simultaneously capturing a sense of ideal beauty in the world. While the reader might first be deceived by the simplistic fa?ade of the poem, the work stands as a complex piece succeeding in deriving poetic bliss from that which lacks letters. In true Romantic fashion, Keats culminates with the declaration ?Beauty is truth, truth beauty? (line 49)?an ambiguous aphorism that encapsulates the essence of the poem. In the end, Keats? effective use of literary devices and poignant imagery combine to reveal human passion as ?Beauty.?
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Loss of Imagination in Dejection: An Ode, 2001.
This paper is a review of the poem "Dejection: an Ode" and looks at whether or not it is possible to lose one's imagination.
775 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, MLA, £ 18.95
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This paper takes up the idea of loss of imagination, a popular idea of romantic poetry, that is the central theme of the poem, "Dejection: An Ode." The author compares this poem to the biblical story,
"The Fall" in order to show that there is a "point of no return" that is associated with the biblical example and that this must also be assumed in Coleridge's comparison to a loss of imagination.
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"Consider for a moment the absence of all imagination. Of course, such an act is impossible. The very fascination of such an idea prompts the human mind to initiate its most creative powers. Nonetheless, Coleridge presents a hope-tinged lament to the notion of a loss of imagination in
"Dejection: An Ode." The demise of "genial spirits" in response to Wordsworth is depicted as permanent, and readers are offered no hopes of the visionary consolation through memory found in "Intimations Ode Instead, the speaker's "grief without a pang, void, dark, and drear" is irreversible and comes from deep within. The only expectation from which he may draw solace is that his "Lady" who is "pure of heart" may "evermore rejoice".
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?Ode to St. Cecilia?s Day?, 2002.
An analysis of John Dryden?s poem ?Ode to St. Cecilia?s Day?, a tribute to the patron saint of music.
955 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, £ 23.95
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The paper analyzes ?Ode to St. Cecilia?s Day?, a poem written by John Dryden which celebrates the feast-day of Saint Cecilia on November 22, as well as the majesty of music. The paper shows that music is a heavenly treat that leads to celestial harmony and the mystery of music is clarified through Dryden?s use of metaphor and personification. The paper discusses how in different stanzas, Dryden lends various instruments individual qualities according to their particular sounds. It shows how these instruments become metaphors for human passions and for the wonders of nature.
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"Throughout the ?Ode to St. Cecilia?s Day,? John Dryden personifies music in general and instruments in particular. From the second to the sixth stanza, Dryden outlines the specific qualities of certain instruments. Stanza 2 is devoted to Jubal?s corded shell. Alluding to the biblical character of Jubal, Dryden further exemplifies the divine nature of music. The corded shell ?spoke so sweetly and so well,? (line 23). The music that emanates from Jubal?s shell has the power to ?raise and quell? any human passion (line 24). Because the poet chooses verbs regularly delegated to the realm of human experience, music becomes anthropomorphised. Furthermore, because these verbs tend to be uplifting in nature, music becomes deified."
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Analysis of Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn", 2001.
A look at Keats' famous poem, "Ode to a Grecian Urn".
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 0 sources, £ 36.95
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This is a conventional analysis of the old standard poem, noting many of the familiar symbols. The author includes many quotes from the poem.
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"Always is as scary a word as never. That phrase relates to the theme of Keats? ?Ode on a Grecian Urn?, which is an exploration of the border between desire and fulfillment in human life. Keats? ?Ode on a Grecian Urn? features a narrator musing upon the face of an urn that holds, for him, more life in its earthenware curves than does the curves of the temporal earth. The title itself reflects the reader-response reading of the urn?s text: the ode is on (about ) the urn, and the ode is also depicted on the urn."
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