The Role of Eternity in Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Ni

The methods of reflection are often invoked during or after an extended illness. For this reason poet, John Keats, struggled with the idea of immortality and its indistinct inimitability in an attempt to come to an understanding or conquer the fears of his unavoidable and untimely death. In Keats’ “Ode to A Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, two of his most recognized poems; he endeavors to uncover the essence or truth of eternity …showed first 75 words of 533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 533 total…thou hast not thy bliss, / For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! (L.17-20)”, which also expresses the image of innocence that contributes to the idea of eternity. The boy chasing after the girl will always know the purity and innocence of his love, but will never have the physical “experience” of this love. While both poems may indicate the same ideas of eternity, their emotional indications are directly contrasting of each other.