The Function of Art in Keats's “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the function of art represented in Keats's two great odes, “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” “Ode to a Nightingale” appeals to auditory art, while ignoring the visual. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” stresses the visual and representational features. The former depicts the transitoriness and temporality of musical art, while the latter reveals social features of visual art which soothe the sufferings of human world. The nightingale flies away from the speaker who remains in pain, whereas the urn allows the speaker(audience) to connect with the art in eternity. The poet in “Ode to a Nightingale” realizes that the bird's song cannot deliver him from his painful life. The nightingale of “Ode to a Nightingale” is separated from humanity and therefore has no human concerns. However, the physicality of the urn serves as a component in describing the relationship between art and humanity. The urn requires audience to interact with humanity. The narrator rejoices in happy aspects of the scene, in a manner which reverses the claims made about art in “Ode to a Nightingale.” The figures on the urn are able to enjoy their beauty and passion because of their artistic permanence.
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the function of art represented in Keats's two great odes, “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” “Ode to a Nightingale” appeals to auditory art, while ignoring the visual. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” stresses the visual and representational features. The former depicts the transitoriness and temporality of musical art, while the latter reveals social features of visual art which soothe the sufferings of human world. The nightingale flies away from the speaker who remains in pain, whereas the urn allows the speaker(audience) to connect with the art in eternity. The poet in “Ode to a Nightingale” realizes that the bird's song cannot deliver him from his painful life. The nightingale of “Ode to a Nightingale” is separated from humanity and therefore has no human concerns. However, the physicality of the urn serves as a component in describing the relationship between art and humanity. The urn requires audience to interact with humanity. The narrator rejoices in happy aspects of the scene, in a manner which reverses the claims made about art in “Ode to a Nightingale.” The figures on the urn are able to enjoy their beauty and passion because of their artistic permanence.
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