T54 Ode on a grecian urn

Question 1

What is the setting?

Answer 1

The setting is in the poet’s mind while he is contemplating a Grecian urn

Question 2

What is a grecian urn?

Answer 2

Ancient Greek artefact decorated with images

Question 3

What are the three main themes?

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Answer 3

The three main themes are:

1: the power of art, it can speak more loudly than words

2: the permanence of art and the transience of human life and

3: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BEAUTY AND TRUTH

Question 4

What kind of world Keats portrays to describe the scenes depicted on the urn?

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Answer 4

Music, love, celebration and frozen in time

Question 5

What is the structure of this poem?

Answer 5

The poem is an ode

Question 6

What is an ode?

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Answer 6

A form of poetry used to address a particular subject

Question 7

What is the structure of an ode? In what meter

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Answer 7

Five stanzas written in iambic pentameter

Question 8

What are the two main Rethorical Figures?

Answer 8

1: Apostrophe. The speaker addresses directly an imagery person. Like he did with the west wind

2: paradox

Question 9

MAIN LINE

Answer 9

Truth is beauty and beauty is truth. The power of imagination and beauty to reveal hidden truths

: This statement expresses a profound philosophical concept. It suggests that beauty and truth are one and the same—that the appreciation of beauty leads to a realization of truth. It also implies that anything truly beautiful has an element of truth to it. This reflects the Romantic belief in the power of beauty and the imagination to reveal deeper truths about life and existence.