‘On the Grasshopper and Cricket’ was written in 1816. As one of the main figures of the Romantic Movement, John Keats portrayed the beauty of nature and its capacity to bring joy in his poems. ‘On the Grasshopper and Cricket’ praises the continuous beauty of nature by considering the song of two particular insects, the grasshopper, and the cricket.

The poem has fourteen lines and it can be divided into one octet and one sestet, following the Petrarchan sonnet form. It has an ABBA rhyme scheme and it is written in iambic pentameter. The use of this form can be associated with Keats’s belief regarding love and nature and how they are related. According to the poet, nature offers love and joy; the human response should correspond to that fondness.

Furthermore, the main theme in ‘On the Grasshopper and Cricket’ is nature, its eternal delight, and its persistent presence.