Buyenlarge 0-587-26959-6-P1218 Ode to a Grecian Urn Paper Poster 12" x 18"

Ode on a Grecian urnis a poem written by the English romantic poet John Keats in may 1819 and published in January 1820. It is one of his great odes of 1819, which includes on Indolence,ode on melancholy,ode to a nightingale, an do de to Psyche. Keats found earlier forms of poetry unsatisfactory for his purpose, and the collection represented a new development of the ode form. Keats was aware of other works on classical Greek art, and had first-hand exposure to the Elgin marbles, all of which reinforced his belief that classical Greek art was idealistic and captured Greek virtues, which forms the basis of the poem. Illustrated by Alma Tadema' pottery painting