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Ode On A Grecian Urn By John Kates

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“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Kates is one of the five odes that he wrote. Kates lived in the romantic era, which glorified nature and focused on emotions. We can tell that he was greatly influenced by his era from this poem. This poem is abundant with paradoxes like heard melodies are batter than those who are unheard and the trees that connot bid the spring adieu, which is both good and bad. It is good that people do not lose their loved ones in this world, but it can be also bad because they cannot grow and carry on with their lives. They are neither dead nor alive, that is why it is such a powerful paradox. The poem contains another paradox realted to sexuality. The lover can never kiss his beloved one, but she would not lose her beauty.
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