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Digvijay Pandya, Lovely Professional University Unit 6: Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats

Unit 6: Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
6.1 About John Keats

6.1.1 Early Life
6.1.2 Early Career
6.1.3 Wentworth Place

6.1.4 Isabella Jones and Fanny Brawne
6.1.5 Last Months: Rome
6.1.6 Death

6.1.7 Reception
6.1.8 Biographical Controversy
6.1.9 Letters

6.2 John Keats’s Works
6.3 Poem

6.3.1 Explanation
6.3.2 Analysis
6.4 Summary

6.5 Keywords
6.6 Review Questions

6.7 Further Readings
Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Know about John Keats

Explain major works of John Keats
Have an enduring poem ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’
Analyse the poem ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’

Introduction

A renowned English romantic poet John Keats was born in in London on October 31, 1795. The
eldest of four children, he lost his parents at a very young age. John’s father, a livery-stable
keeper, died when he was eight and his mother died six years later of tuberculosis. After his

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