"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)