Odes

The Odes of John Keats rank among the great lyric poems in English. In these monumental inspiring lines Keats muses on grand Romantic themes: Beauty Truth Love Identity Soul-making Nature Melancholy and Mortality. Mostly written in the year before his death Keats' odes set a new standard for lyrical expression and his work continues to fascinate readers. Collected here are all 10 poems titled or considered to be Odes in Keats' oeuvre including the great ones: Ode to Psyche Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to a Nightingale Ode on Melancholy and To Autumn. This new edition brings them all together as a set of related texts that invite comparison and deep reflection in a compact format for general readers creative writers teachers and students alike. Published by Spruce Alley Press