The term "Attic shape" in the final stanza is a synonym for the urn itself. "Attica" is Greece, and "Attic" means relating to Greece or Athens; therefore, "Attic shape" is a parallel construction for "Grecian Urn," which appears in the title. The poet begins the poem by addressing the urn itself as "thou," calling it a "bride," "foster-child," and "historian" in the first stanza. In stanzas 2, 3, and 4, the poet describes and wonders about the figures and events depicted on the urn. In the final stanza, he returns to addressing the urn as a whole again, even personifying the object, imagining that it speaks in words at the end of the poem. Using the term "Attic" plays on the word "attitude," used three words later, because of the similar sound of the two words. "Attitude" here means the pose that an artist places something in while it is being captured, but it can also mean one's viewpoint or perspective toward an issue or toward life itself. By the end of the ode, the Attic shape has shaped the poet's attitude, so much so that the poet senses the urn influencing his understanding of beauty, truth, and what is really important in life.