Imagination in Keats John Keats was writing in an era of romanticism where imagination, freedom, and innovation were becoming present in the writers of this time period. "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a renowned poem written by Keats during the romantic era. If a person were to read any of Keats poems, one would realize that a newly emergent style is present in all of his works. "Ode on a Grecian Urn" exhibits signs …showed first 75 words of 1093 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1093 total…unfinished and untouched then to be completed with bitter decay. "Ode on a Grecian urn" shows imagination present in all of its ideal and needs. The speaker wishes for the pictures not to be completed so an image can be taken from the mind and real life can be hidden away. Since Keats wrote in the romantic era, his imagination and innovation made "Ode on a Grecian Urn" a profound piece for this time period.