"Ode on Melancholy" : Key info
"Ode on Melancholy" 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, and various study materials of "Ode on Melancholy".
Key info
Author: John Keats (1795–1821)
Title of the Author:
- Leading Second Generation Romantic Poet
- Poet of Sensuousness
- Poet of Beauty and Mortality
Full Title: “Ode on Melancholy”
Total Lines: 30
Stanza: 3
Genre: Romantic Poetry
Published Date: 1820 (in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems)
Written Date: 1819
Form: Ode
Meter: Iambic Pentameter
Tone: Philosophical, Reflective & Melancholic.
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDECDE for the first two stanzas and ABABCDEDCE for the third.
Point of View: Second-person point of view (uses “thou” and “thy”)
Setting:
- Time Setting: Summer and Autumn of 1819.
- Place Setting: Imagined natural world and symbolic inner landscapes