Write an essay on the use of imagery in Keats’ ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ Johan Keats, (1795-1821) a great word painter of Romantic era, in “ Ode on a Grecian Urn ”, conveys his philosophy about art, beauty and life to the readers with colourful and intense imagery. So the poem is notable for its profoundly persuasive imagery taken from nature. Now we are going to discuss it in our following discussion. Before entering into the discussion, we are to know what the imagery is. Imagery is the collective form of image and suggests the total picture produced by the images. The word image has derived from the Latin word ‘ imago ’ which means ‘ likeness ’. An image is, therefore, likeness of something. In other words , it is basically the picture of a particular thing . In literature, pictures are drawn with words. So Spurgeon defines it as ‘ picture in words’ . Let us now cast our eyes over various images which he uses in the poem. At the very beginning of the p
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