John Keats
Young poet (died at age 26 of tuberculosis) can compose in neoclassical style by combining the beauty ideal romantic thoughts.
Young poet (died at age 26 of tuberculosis) can compose in neoclassical style by combining the beauty ideal romantic thoughts.
Ode on a Grecian Urn
The urn is a distant past which is strange for us, but at the time (Greek) was normal. The urn has the power to stop time: its represantations are immutable. The boy who chases his love will never reach her but she can never escapes: it represented the highest point of desire, the characters do not grow old, and the feeling will always be. Romanticism is characterized by a striving for something that is not necessarily achieved (refer to the poetry of Provence). The music you listen to, vanish soon after, one imagines that continues as long as you want. The figures indicate a representation of that moment of perfection, however, is almost mystical. A form like this is beyond our reason: the only truth is beauty, and men do not need to know more.
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