Ode on Indolence

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"Ode on Indolence" is one of John Keats's lesser-known odes, reflecting his characteristic Romantic preoccupations with idleness, ambition, and the transience of life.

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Ode on Indolence canonical 2
“Ode on Indolence” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ode ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author John Keats ⓘ
centralImage three figures on an urn ⓘ
concerns the allure and danger of indolence ⓘ
the tension between artistic aspiration and lethargy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstDraftDate 1819 ⓘ
form ode ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasReputation lesser-known among Keats's odes ⓘ
influencedBy Keats's own experience of illness and fatigue ⓘ
classical odes ⓘ
isPartOf Keats's Great Odes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryCycle Keats's 1819 odes ⓘ
linked to: Ode on Melancholy
literaryDevice allusion ⓘ
apostrophe ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
personification ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person speaker ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 6 ⓘ
period Romantic period ⓘ
relatedWork Ode on Melancholy ⓘ
Ode on a Grecian Urn ⓘ
Ode to Psyche ⓘ
Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ
To Autumn ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABAB CDECDE (with variations) ⓘ
setting a summer morning ⓘ
stanzaForm ten-line stanza ⓘ
subjectMatter the speaker's rejection of Love, Ambition, and Poesy ⓘ
symbolizes the three figures symbolize Love, Ambition, and Poesy ⓘ
theme ambition ⓘ
conflict between action and repose ⓘ
escape from reality ⓘ
idleness ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
indolence ⓘ
love ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
transience of life ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition Keats's final productive year ⓘ
tone contemplative ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
yearWritten 1819 ⓘ

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Ode to a Nightingale → relatedWorkByAuthor → Ode on Indolence ⓘ
Wentworth Place, Hampstead → significantWorkComposed → “Ode on Indolence” ⓘ
linked to: Ode on Indolence
Ode on Melancholy → associatedWith → Ode on Indolence ⓘ