JOHN KEATS: Ode an a Grecian Urn Flashcards
‘unravished bride of quietness’
idyllic view on womanhood, through negation of ‘ravished’ kEATS: Everything in nature must lose purity and freshness
gives urn innocence despite age
‘foster’
passed on doesnt belong to anyone
‘child of silence and slow time
-decays at a different rate than the rest of the human world
- by transcending this limitation urn has ability to tell story at any time
Keats obssessed with link between mortal man and immortal world
‘what men or gods are these;
interchangeable masculinity
rhetorical question mans attempt to engage with aesthetic on a level that goes beyond visual appeal
‘pursuit’
structurally begins with ‘still’ now lots of movement
‘what wild ectassy’
questions pile with increasing rapiditity
childlike when looking at urn regress to childlike of awe and unknowledgeable
‘but those unheard’
imagined melodies are more sweet- more pure and less tarnished by subjectivity
‘sensual ear…more endeared’
internal rhyme, imagination is more precious
‘thou canst not leave
lovers on urn are stuck in perpetual state of youth- untouched by encompassing hand of nature
‘happy happy boughs’
anaphora excessive envy of immortality
‘warm’ ‘panting’ ‘young’
lexical field of vitality and sensualness
‘all breathing human passion’
‘breathing’ = humans urn lovers dont have to deal with sickness sorrow trials and tribulations of breathing
‘mysterious priest’
oxymoronic priest should be guidance and purpose
‘marble men and maidens
alliteration and assoncance story continues to echo through generations
‘cold pastoral;’
‘pastoral’ - beautiful serene paired with ‘cold’ lack passion
