Figurative language
"Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness"
What is personification?
Meaning behind stanza 3
What is the happiness of the people in the urn is eternal, as compared to the messy reality we experience as humans? (Up to interpretation)
"Will silent be; and not a soul to tell why thou art desolate, can e'er return"
what is retrospective and considering
"time" and "rhyme"
What is a true rhyme?
"what mad pursuit? what struggling to escape? what pipe and timbrels? what wild ecstasy?
what is thematic question
What leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape"
What is personification?
Meaning behind stanza 5
What is the author describes the big picture of the urn and reflects on the eternal nature of the art on the urn? (Up to interpretation)
"More happy love! more happy, happy, love!"
What is the tone is joyous and excited?
"Ah, happy, happy, boughs!"
What is repetition?
How do the lines "For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd, For ever panting, and for ever young;" contribute to the poem's theme?
It adds to the idea of happiness being a fleeting moment/sensation.
"She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss"
What is a metaphor?
Meaning behind stanza 2
What is anticipation is usually better than the actual experience?
" when old age shall this generation waste, thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe.."
what is melancholy
"marble men and maidens"
What is alliteration?
"Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave"
What is contributes to the theme by illustrating the eternal nature of the artwork on the urn?