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Ode on a Grecian Urn, an Uncommon card
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats in May 1819, first published anonymously in Annals of the Fine Arts for 1819.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 71,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Ode on a Grecian Urn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ode on a Grecian Urn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was ______ to write the poem after reading two articles by English artist and writer Benjamin Haydon.
Answer
inspired. He was inspired to write the poem after reading two articles by English artist and writer Benjamin Haydon. From the Ode on a Grecian Urn article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The poem is one of the "Great Odes of ____", which also include "Ode on Indolence", "Ode on Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale", and "Ode to Psyche".
Answer
1810s. The poem is one of the "Great Odes of 1819", which also include "Ode on Indolence", "Ode on Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale", and "Ode to Psyche". From the Ode on a Grecian Urn article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The poem is one of the "Great Odes of 1819", which also include "Ode on Indolence", "Ode on Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale", and "Ode to Psyche".
- Keats found existing forms in poetry unsatisfactory for his purpose, and in this collection he presented a new development of the ode form.
- He was inspired to write the poem after reading two articles by English artist and writer Benjamin Haydon.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ode on a Grecian Urn article was read about 71,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ode on a Grecian Urn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Keats, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
