Romanticism – Page 6 – Interesting Literature

A Summary and Analysis of John Keats’s ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is one of the best-known and most widely analysed poems by John Keats (1795-1821); it is also, perhaps, the most famous of his five Odes which he composed in 1819, although ‘To Autumn’ gives it a run for its money. The best way to analyse ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is by going through the poem with a stanza-by-stanza summary; as we go, we’ll offer an analysis of some of the most important features of ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’.

A Short Analysis of William Wordsworth’s ‘Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

The poem commonly known as ‘Tintern Abbey’ actually has a much longer title. When the poem first appeared in Lyrical Ballads (1798) as a last-minute addition, it bore the title ‘Lines Written (or Composed) a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798’.

A Summary and Analysis of William Wordsworth’s ‘It is a beauteous Evening, calm and free’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘It is a beauteous evening, calm and free’ is a short lyric poem by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), perhaps the greatest and most celebrated English Romantic poet. But, aside from its reasonably well-known opening line, ‘It is a beauteous evening, calm and free’ is not usually listed among Wordsworth’s best-known poems.

A Summary and Analysis of William Blake’s ‘The Little Boy Found’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘The Little Boy Found’ appeared in William Blake’s 1789 volume Songs of Experience, where it follows the companion-poem ‘The Little Boy Lost’. Before we proceed to some words of analysis, here’s a reminder of ‘The Little Boy Found’, one of Blake’s most popular lyric poems.

A Summary and Analysis of William Blake’s ‘The School Boy’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘The School Boy’ is not one of William Blake’s most famous poems. Yet many of his poems focus on children, and an analysis of ‘The School Boy’ may help to clarify some key aspects of Blake’s work.