The Odes are perfect specimens of Keats’ artistry.
His love of fine phrases, his habit of loading every rift of his subject with ore, his power of word-painting, his use of suggestive, sensuous epithets, his music and melody, in short, every aspect of his art finds a rich and full expression in the odes. Their workmanship is flawless, the development of thought logical, and the language clear and well-chiseled. However, all this exquisite art of the odes is not the result of conscious artistry; it came spontaneously to the poet, for the ode-form was the most natural expression of his genius.