"Ode on Melancholy" is a poem written by John Keats in the spring of 1819. In the spring of that year, Keats wrote the poem along with "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode on Indolence", and "Ode to Psyche". In the Autumn of that year, Keats wrote "To Autumn", which completed his Great Odes of 1819. The narrative of the poem describes the poet’s perception of melancholy through a lyric discourse between the poet and the reader along with the introduction to Ancient Grecian characters and ideals.
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