Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest? What little town by river or sea shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn?
And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. O Attic shape! Fair attitude! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Select any word below to get its definition in the context of the poem. The words are listed in the order in which they appear in the poem.
More by Keats — A link to more poems by Keats, including his other odes. Sketch of an Urn by Keats — A sketch by John Keats of the Sosibios urn, which is thought to have partially inspired the poem. Other Ekphrastic Poems — A collection of poems that also use an ekphrastic approach.
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art. La Belle Dame sans Merci. After the "Ode on a Grecian Urn," poetry was never the same, just like rock and roll was never the same after "Like a Rolling Stone.
He died when most people still thought he was a crummy poet. Keats Captured on Tape! Not Really A well-done by slightly creepy animated video of Keats "reading" his ode.
Classical Keats A musical setting of the poem by a contemporary composer. Marble Urn A picture of a marble urn, the kind that the speaker of the poem is looking at. A good place to start your Keatsian odyssey. Romantic Audience Project Includes poems, prose, essays, and historical documents. A great resource from the university crowd.
English History. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Contrasting the pictures on the urn to reality, Keats emphasises that the pictures are eternal whereas people eventually fade away. However, this sadness is rather romantic than mournful, and Keats writes this line with dreamy and tender tone. Ode on a Grecian Urn is a hymn to life and grace. The author puts emphasis on the longevity of historical objects and deficiency of mortal beings.
The poet describes the most charming and pleasant features of life — youth, love, beauty, harmony, and passion. The emotional tone of the ode makes it rather expressive and engaging. John Keats might have lived a short life, but he certainly knew how to value and praise it. He probably knew it better than many people who live a long life but cannot appreciate it to the full extent. Keats, John. Ode on a Grecian Urn. In the fourth stanza, the speaker examines another picture on the urn, this one of a group of villagers leading a heifer to be sacrificed.
The first four lines of each stanza roughly define the subject of the stanza, and the last six roughly explicate or develop it. As in other odes, this is only a general rule, true of some stanzas more than others; stanzas such as the fifth do not connect rhyme scheme and thematic structure closely at all.
The speaker attempts three times to engage with scenes carved into the urn; each time he asks different questions of it. What maidens loth?
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