Ode on a Grecian Urn.pdf
Ode on a Grecian Urn.pdf
Ode on a Grecian Urn.pdf
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First Stanza<br />
-Emphasizes ancientness/mystery of urn ("...<br />
quietness / Thou foster-child of silence and<br />
slow time")<br />
-Emphasizes legends/supernatural found in<br />
myths ("Of deities or mortals, or of both")<br />
-Repeated questi<strong>on</strong>s (lines 8-10): set up<br />
following stanzas, emphasize how urn is<br />
mysterious/can't be fully defined or<br />
understood<br />
-Pers<strong>on</strong>ifies urn: "Thou," "foster child," "Sylvan<br />
historian"