The Essay: An Ode to John Keats

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An Ode to John Keats

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Paul Batchelor explores possibly the least familiar of the great Keats odes of 1819.

Paul Batchelor explores what is perhaps the least familiar of the great Keats odes of 1819 for contemporary readers. 


1819 was a stunningly fertile year for John Keats, when he wrote five of the greatest odes in the English language and actually introduced words and phrases never heard before - "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.....", "Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty....." . "O for a beaker full of the warm South....."

Five leading contemporary poets each celebrate a single ode.

5. Paul Batchelor on Ode to Psyche

Keats wrote "Ode to Psyche" in spring of 1819 and it was the first of his great odes in that year, , which include "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to a Nightingale".  

Poet Paul Batchelor explores what is perhaps the least familiar of the great 1819 odes for contemporary readers. 

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Five leading contemporary poets celebrate John Keats's stunningly fertile year - 1819.

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