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John Keats Speech The writer I have chosen to speak about is the romanticist John Keats. I chose this peculiar(a) poet as I believe his ideas ar the best expressed of the composers we have studied. I have looked at Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode on sober and Ode to Autumn and I think some important comparisons can be drawn from them. Each poem has been chosen because I think that the ideas conveyed in them are among the more significant in Keatss works. Ode on a Grecian Urn discuses the idea of immortality in a picture, and how if a moment is captured on an urn then does it exist for invariably and a day? It seems the theme of this poem came from a phrase of Leonardo DiVinci Cosa bella mortal passa e non darte. Translated, this means mortal beauties pass away, but non those of art. Ah, happy, happy boughs That cannot shed your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu. Keats uses personification in this example to make the tree branches seem like they are happy and enjoying the s ituation. In the third stanza the word eer is repeated And, happy melodist, unwearied. Forever piping songs forever and a day new. More happy love, more happy, happy love. Forever warm and still to be enjoyed. Forever panting, and forever young. This repitition is done to draw attention to the word forever which makes the reader appreciate the true meaning of the poem, which is the debate over immortality and death and what immortality means. The second poem I have studied is Ode on Melancholy. The idea behind this poem is that with any intense feeling of joy and happiness, a sad and sorrow feeling must(prenominal) accompany it. Or to simplify this, what goes up must come down. This poem is an escape from the inevitable pain as to expect a light not to cast shadows. Keats uses personification in this poem. Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud. And, Veiled melancholy has her sovran shrine. These two examples use personification to exaggerate the feelings organism expressed and to help explain Keats thoughts. To help explain joys and melancholys interactions Keats personifies joy to be a male and melancholy to be female. This helps the reader understand how joy and melancholy are contributing factors to each other. The third and final poem I have studied is Ode to Autumn.