Tracing of an engraving of the Sosibios vase by John Keats. The figures of "Ode on Indolence" are described as similar to those from an urn.
The "Ode on Indolence" is one of five odes composed by English poet John Keats in the spring of 1819. The others were "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode on Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to Psyche". The poem describes the state of indolence, a word which is synonymous with "avoidance" or "laziness". The work was written during a time when Keats was presumably more than usually occupied with his material prospects. After finishing the spring poems, Keats wrote in June 1819 that its composition brought him more pleasure than anything else he had written that year.[1] Unlike the other odes he wrote that year, "Ode on Indolence" was not published until 1848, 27 years after his death.
The poem is an example of Keats's break from the structure of the classical form. It follows the poet's contemplation of a morning spent in idleness. Three figures are presented—Ambition, Love and Poesy—dressed in "placid sandals" and "white robes". The narrator examines each using a series of questions and statements on life and art. The poem concludes with the narrator giving up on having all three of the figures as part of his life. Some critics regard "Ode on Indolence" as inferior to the other four 1819 odes. Others suggest that the poem exemplifies a continuity of themes and imagery characteristic of his more widely read works, and provides valuable biographical insight into his poetic career.
The "OdeonIndolence" is one of five odes composed by English poet John Keats in the spring of 1819. The others were "Odeon a Grecian Urn", "Odeon Melancholy"...
along with "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to a Nightingale", "OdeonIndolence", and "Ode to Psyche". The narrative of the poem describes the poet's perception...
is one of the "Great Odes of 1819", which also include "OdeonIndolence", "Odeon Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale", and "Ode to Psyche". Keats found...
those of "OdeonIndolence", "Odeon Melancholy", and "Odeon a Grecian Urn", is unknown, as Keats dated all as 'May 1819'. However, he worked on the four...
(1818) Ode to Fanny (1819) 1819 odes: Odeon a Grecian Urn OdeonIndolenceOdeon Melancholy Ode to a Nightingale Ode to Psyche To Autumn To George Felton...
theme that appears in many of Keats's odes that followed, including "OdeonIndolence", "Odeon a Grecian Urn", and "Ode to a Nightingale". Regardless of the...
Frost's poem "Fire and Ice" Keatsian Ode: ABABCDECDE used in Keats' OdeonIndolence, Odeon a Grecian Urn, and Ode to a Nightingale. Klin: complex structure...
wrote many of his major odes: "Odeon a Grecian Urn", "OdeonIndolence", "Odeon Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale", and "Ode to Psyche". After the month...
major odes: Ode to Psyche, Odeon a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, OdeonIndolence and Odeon Melancholy. In the summer he writes Lamia; on September...
major odes: Ode to Psyche, Odeon a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, OdeonIndolence and Odeon Melancholy. In the summer he writes Lamia and on September...
character, "always in extremes", given to indolence and fighting. However, at 13 he began focusing his energy on reading and study, winning his first academic...
English Misrule and Irish Deeds Dora Greenwell, Poems John Keats, OdeonIndolence first published, posthumously (the author died in 1821) Charles Kingsley...
Epistles, Odes and Other Original Poems Thomas Sheridan, The Simile; or, Woman: a Cloud, published posthumously James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence: An Allegorical...
(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 360. Patriarca, Silvana (2005). "Indolence and Regeneration: Tropes and Tensions of Risorgimento Patriotism". The...
and a constraint the Princess of Wales could not support. Her exceeding indolence, her more excessive love of privacy, and the subjection of being frequently...
Paralipomena "Acquam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem." — Horace, Odes III "Es gibt zwei menschliche Hauptsünden, aus welchen sich alle andern ableiten:...
Tiberius and Erasmus Roterodamus. Weishaupt later expelled Sutor for indolence. In April 1778, the order became the Illuminatenorden, or Order of Illuminati...
Pocket-copy of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence" 1802, 11 May "Within our happy castle there dwelt One" Poems founded on the Affections. 1815 To H. C. Six...
parasite not bear for all this, which we owe to his indolence and love of his own comforts. ...". On 16 February, the Propaganda Ministry issued a press...
philosophers. "Acquam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem." — Horace, Odes III "Es gibt zwei menschliche Hauptsünden, aus welchen sich alle andern ableiten:...
Like the author's other 1819 poems such as “Ode to a Nightingale,” “On Melancholy,” and “OnIndolence,” the poem was written at the heat of Keats' passion...
Ambrose Philips – Pastorals, Epistles, Odes and Other Original Poems James Thomson – The Castle of Indolence Thomas Warton – Poems See also 1748 in poetry...
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