"Ode on a Grecian Urn" : Key info
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a notable literary work by John Keats. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, to various questions of "Ode on a Grecian Urn".
Key info
Author: John Keats (1795-1821)
Original Title: “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Title of the Author: The Poet of Beauty
Written Date: May 1819.
Published Date: Anonymously in Annals of the Fine Arts for 1819
Form: five 10-line stanzas
Meter: Iambic pentameter
Tone: Melancholic
Genre: Ode
Total Lines: 50
Stanzas: 5
Rhyme Scheme: abab (cdedce) (last six lines vary from stanza to stanza; never couplets)
Setting: Time Setting: May 1819
Place Setting: John Keats is set in an ancient Greek scene, with the urn as the central focus.