Mod A (Ode on a Grecian Urn) Flashcards
1
Q
-Celebration of life despite its transcience
“more happy ….! more ….. ….. love! for ever …. and ….. to be enjoyed”
A
“more happy love! more happy happy love! for ever warm and still to be enjoyed”
- REPETITION of happy
- EXCLAMATORY TONE creates idyllic atmosphere
2
Q
- Eternity
- Victim to time
- Art
- Ability to preserve the past
“fair ….., beneath the ….., thou ….. not …. thy song”
A
“fair youth beneath the trees, thou canst not leave thy song”
- “fair youth” may be REMINISCENT of Keats himself
- he is forever ENCASED in his playing, cannot abandon his music- Keats being unable to abandon his poetic craft
3
Q
- Constant prescence of inevitable death even in happiness
- Harmful nature of love
“all breathing ….. ……. far above, that …… a heart ….-……… and cloyed, a burning …….., and a parching tongue”
A
“all breathing human passion far above, that leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloyed, a burning forehead, and a parching tongue”
- IMAGERY of lungs highlights Keats tuberculosis
- MORBID IMAGERY “passion combined with “high sorrowful”, “burning”, “cloyed” indicating that love is hurtful.
- OSCILILATION between moments of bliss and desire, with grim reminders of mortality and finiteness of life
