composed famous regarded poems wrote poems ode ode ode melancholy ode ode quick succession spring composed autumn september exact order composed poems unknown critics contend form thematic arranged sequence represent attempt create new type short lyrical poem influenced later generations background early left poorly paid position assistant house surgeon london completely devote career poetry past relied brother george financial assistance time time brother appealed aid cash poet unable help overwhelmed guilt despair decided life poet lucrative career allowing months poetic months spring wrote major following month began tackle forms poetry including play longer pieces return unfinished epic brother financial continued result little energy composition september managed squeeze autumn major work curtain career poet structure writing ode sent poem brother explained new ode form discover better stanza legitimate suit language rhymes appears end seldom pleasing effect pretend succeeded explain writing poems particular influence explains writing short poems greatest english product efforts habits ideal practice left dissatisfied pressure lyric forms quick neat solution new ode form appealed sufficiently challenge conscience finally union formal challenge offered unique opportunities concentrated intensity begun master ode incorporated narrative structure sets scene gives background information ends conclusion structural elements preface discontinued setting reduced scene merely implied poems exact chronological orders poems unknown ode probably written autumn simply dated worked spring poems form sequence structures ode ode lyric ode containing lines stanza begins narrator addressing ancient thou bride initiating conversation poet object reader allowed observe person point view describing object foster child silence slow time poet describes silent object theme poem stone object change speaker addresses single object taking note silence points discusses melodies tunes heard sensual ear line narrative audience suggests discussion poet beginning poem leaves reader examine relationship place party observer line second stanza begins change tone poet shifts focus individuals represented artwork lovers image unknown artist created appear poet couple kiss grow old narrator discusses terms qualities saying fade thou bliss line focuses inability lovers obtain sensual pleasure static nature poem comes close narrator addresses single object tone seeks answers work art appears unable answer final poet provides line narrative generated multitude critical responses author intent beauty truth truth beauty know earth need know lines ode ode comprises containing lines poem discusses morning narrator attention figures sees vision beginning taken matthew poet introduces theme excerpt jesus suggestion god provides field making poem describes figures wearing white robes alludes mythology commonly appears images pass narrator times causes compare images spinning line line narrator uses word reference creation thought overseen artist poem progresses narrator begins discuss intrusion figures love ambition suggests images come steal away idle days final figure described suggests poses direct threat poet wishes retain final lines poet rejects images idle clouds return lines intention enjoying poem title ode melancholy ode melancholy shortest spring lines originally poem contained original stanza removed publication stylistic reasons poem describes narrator opinions melancholy addressed specifically reader unlike narrative lyric nature poem allows poet describe onset melancholy provides reader different methods dealing emotions involved poem creates characters joy pleasure delight beauty allows interact characters shape male female mistress mentioned line fails appear character poem mention poet suffering melancholy final stanza poet describes mistress dwelling beauty beauty saying die line suggests provides poem hint philosophy negative capability beauty die meets poem standard true beauty image joy line gives poem theme sexuality according critics alludes passing moment ultimate sexual pleasure decreased pleasure post state ode ode longest containing lines poem begins describing state poet negative statements intensify description poet physical state pains happy lot lines ode written emphasis line placed narrator bird suggests reader party discourse happens song voice pure self expression stanza poet asks fade far away casting narrator ode rejects poet ode figures silence fourth stanza poet states fly moving wings leaves believe poet intends identify bird describing poem real identification narrative exists poet perceptions song closing poem questions bird song real dream vision waking dream fled music wake sleep lines theme imagination arises poet appears according unable distinguish artistic imagination song believes spurred action ode ode line poem written varying length took form modification structure ode written mythological character displaying great influence classical culture poet begins discourse goddess line creature beautiful drew attention draws attention narrator artistic imagination causes dream surely dream day eyes lines relates mythical character god emotions fallen love woman beauty poet understand temporal difference characters ancient greece declares days sing eyes inspired lines line poet states yes priest build suggests implies poet prophet soul regards beauty attempts place according prominent ode great autumn autumn line poem broken discusses autumn force growth maturation deals theme approaching death earlier perfected techniques allowed variations appear autumn aspects previous poems narrator focus themes autumn life poem discusses ideas progression temporal scene idea termed poem emphasize theme shifting imagery summer early winter day turning dusk critical reception use hymn use hymn voice ode ode created according new tone english lyric speaking wrote productivity half weeks begins april difficult parallel career modern writer new beginning matter alive preparation beginning addition argued autumn uniquely different levels generation found nearly perfect poems english need afraid continuing use ode example perfect greater poem argued relationship ode greatest ode range poem controlled execution suggestive imagery high place great lacks finish extreme perfection autumn superior qualities ode despite magic passages similarities structure fact ode deserve rank group viewed approaching true complexity human wisdom later argued early audiences support ode turned enjoyed mythological picture reason ode drew attention admiration believed superior autumn logical contained stronger arguments poet round surface stanza poem readily consumed series
John Keats's 1819 odes