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VOL. 11, ISSUE 4 (2025)
John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn: The timeless reprise of antiquity, classical mythology and eternal beauty
Authors
Dr. Shivali Singh, Dr. Manjeeta Gahlout
Abstract
Classical mythology has been a generously-giving spur of English poetry
contributing themes, characters, and plots hundreds of years. In the present
paper, the ubiquitous theme of classical mythology in English literature, i.e.,
the myth of eternal beauty prevailing in ancient mythologies, will be refuted.
For since borrowing from John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," this
piece reads the manner in which authors and poets have responded to the ancient
concept of beauty, from mythological image and narrative to trace its
contradictory nature: its beauty and repression, its ability to endure through
time and inability to partake in the life. Criticism brings the Grecian art
down to the dust since the chariot of immortality in Keats' ode and at last
relies upon the fact that the poem is a passionate criticism of the complicated
interdependence of art, beauty, death, and the immortality of classical myth.
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Pages:23-25
How to cite this article:
Dr. Shivali Singh, Dr. Manjeeta Gahlout "John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn: The timeless reprise of antiquity, classical mythology and eternal beauty". International Journal of English Research, Vol 11, Issue 4, 2025, Pages 23-25
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