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Ode on a Grecian Urn
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John Keats
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Ode on a Grecian Urn Questions and Answers
Beauty Is Truth Truth Beauty
Why does the speaker address the urn as "Cold Pastoral" in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
What does the Grecian urn symbolize?
In "Ode on a Grecian Urn," why are "unheard melodies" sweeter to the speaker than "heard melodies"? Is there a paradox here?
What poetic techniques are used in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
Why might Keats have chosen to vary the rhyme scheme in the last six lines "Ode on a Grecian Urn"? Support your response with evidence from the text.
How does "Ode on a Grecian Urn" reflect the immortality of art?
What is the overall tone of the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
How is "Ode on a Grecian Urn" a Romantic poem?
What is the meaning of the line "Why thou art desolate, can e'er return"?
What does the "Attic shape" represent in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats?
In "Ode on a Grecian Urn" what two words does the speaker repeat in the the third stanza?
What is the purpose of the rhetorical questions in the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
Sylvan Historian
Why is the urn a “foster child of silence and slow time”?
Why are the figures on the urn called a "leaf fringed legend"in Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
Why does the speaker praise the urn's immortality so much?
What type of figurative language is used in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
What is the contrast between art and life in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
What is the wedding theme in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
Why is the bride "still unravished" in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
How does "Ode on a Grecian Urn" depict the mutability of human life and the permanence of art?
How is imagery used in Keats' poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
What is a good conclusion for the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn?"
"Forever will thou love, and she be fair." Discuss the central theme of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats with reference to this line.
In "Ode on a Grecian Urn," what is the meaning of "foster-child of silence and slow time?"
Who can never kiss his beloved? Why?
What is hellenism? Discuss Keats as a hellenist with reference to "Ode To a Grecian Urn."
Why does Keats repeat the word "happy" in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
How then can a "Cold Pastoral" be called a "friend to man" in the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
Why is the urn called a “Sylvan historian”?
What archaic forms are present in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
What two adjectives describe the pastoral scene in John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
Describe the historical and social context of "Ode on a Grecian Urn."
How does John Keats focus on human relations in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
In “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, is Keats’ use of apostrophe an effective method for conveying the speaker’s emotions toward the subject?
What is the significance of the fourth stanza?
Could I have a detailed explanation of sections 4 and 5 of "Ode on a Grecian Urn?
Why does the speaker address the urn as “Cold Pastoral” in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
What does the last stanza of “Ode on a Grecian urn” tell the reader about art?
In "Ode on a Grecian Urn" what does the speaker seem to admire most about the urn?
Who says the last lines in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
If the urn of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" could "tease us out of thought" (line 44), in what state would we be?
Give a stanza-by-stanza explanation of Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn."
In "Ode on a Grecian Urn," why does Keats call the urn a "Sylvan historian?"
How does Keats use paradox in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to a Nightingale" to show us that through sorrow* we can recognise and appreciate joy**? *sorrow, ugliness and tedium **beauty, joy and pleasure I mainly want key examples (specific) where this is portrayed.
What is the flowery tale the urn tells?
What final message does the urn hold for mankind in "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
What is rhyme scheme of the following from "Ode on a Grecian Urn"? When old age shall this generation waste.
Which line of the following from "Ode to a Grecian Urn" is NOT in iambic pentameter? When old age shall this generation wast, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thoe say'st, 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know'. Okay, I'm thinking that the fourth line is the one that's not in iambic pentameter: beauTY/IS truth/TRUTH beau/TY- that/IS all. My guess is that this line has one iambic foot with three trochee feet. Am I correct? Is there more that is not in iambic pentameter. Or is that line in iambic pentameter? Please help.