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Ode on a Grecian Urn.pdf

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General Poetic Devices<br />

● Themes and symbolism of urn: art, truth, beauty,<br />

reality, emoti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

● Rhyme scheme: not strict rhyming (ABAB, then<br />

usually CDE CDE). Divides each stanza into two<br />

porti<strong>on</strong>s: 1) describing/analyzing appearance of<br />

urn 2) exploring significance/mystery/c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong><br />

to real life<br />

● Form: five stanzas, rhythmic indentati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

● Word choice: (virgin imagery in first few stanzas,<br />

repetiti<strong>on</strong> of "happy" in stanza three, "Cold<br />

Pastoral", etc.)

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