Kubla Khan and Ode on Grecian Urn Essay -- Comparative, Coleridge, Kea

Although both Kubla Khan, by Samuel Coleridge and Ode on Grecian Urn, by earth-closet Keats are poems originating from the poets inspiration from historical figure, the two poems convey different messages with their respective metaphors. While Coleridge emphasizes on the process of creating a wild-eyed poem, Keats expresses his sentiment about art by carefully examining the details of the Grecian urn. In Kubla Khan, Coleridge expresses his desire to use the inspirations from nature to create his own Paradise of poesy (54, p.1634). In the first stanza, Coleridge creates an exotic oriental garden, where the trees, gardens, hills, and the Alph river, together present the truelove of M new(prenominal) Nature (3, p.1633). Here, the poet carefully ob wait ons his surroundings, as the nature will serve as the source of inspiration for his poetry. The pleasure dome (2, p.1633) in profligate two has two functions, cardinal representing the creation of human beings on earth, and the ot her being the foundation of Coleridges poetic paradise. As the clash betwixt nature and humans takes place in the second stanza with a fair sex wailing for her demon-lover (16, p.1633) the poet calls upon nature for his inspiration, represented by the powerful activity of nature. The postal code of nature is released in forms of a might fountain (19, p.1633), rebounding hail (21, p.1633), or dancing rocks (23, p.1633) and eventually the natural disasters will accompanied by synthetical destruction as Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war (29-30, p.1634) Coleridge on one hand reinforces that man and nature are inseparable and one the other uses the energy of nature to represent the spontaneous spurring of emotions in the poets mind. In the third stanza, all o... ...storal (45, p.1848). The urns eternity hardly exists artistically and does not reflect human life because only the urn shou go on forever (47, p.1848). Keats contrasts the ephemeral nature of human li fe with the longevity of the urn. In last two lines, Keats declares, beauty is truth, truth beauty (29, p.1848) embodying both sides of his perspective. By establishing a relationship between beauty and truth, Keats acknowledges that like truth, the beauty of the Grecian urn is unchangeable and that the ability accept reality is beautiful. While Coleridge describes the process of creating Romantic poetry and encourages poets to use the combination of nature and imagination in this process, Keats is to a greater extent focused on reality and is well aware of the limitations of the Grecian urn. With the poets wonderment of nature present in both poems to be completed.