"Ode on a Grecian Urn" Key Facts

Author: John Keats (1795–1821)

Title of the Author: 

• Leading Second Generation Romantic Poet
• Poet of Sensuousness 
• Poet of Beauty and Mortality

Total Lines: 50

Stanza: 5

Genre: Romantic Poetry

Published Date: Published in “Annals of the Fine Arts” in 1819.

Written Date: May 1819

Form: Ode

Meter: Iambic Pentameter

Tone: Philosophical & Reflective. 

Rhyme Scheme: abab (cdedce) (last six lines vary from stanza to stanza; never couplets)

Point of View: Second-person and third-person blend.

Setting: 

• Time Setting: May 1819
• Place Setting: An imagined classical Greek world (as shown on the urn)