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Grecian Urn History
Stanza Synopsis
Literary Fun
Figurative Language
Themes
100
What is negative capability?
according to author Keat "when man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason"
100
A major theme in stanza 1 is time and motion. Explain how this theme occurs.
the urn exists in the real world, which is subject to time and change, yet the life it presents is unchanging. ex: "unravish'd bride" and as a "foster" child the urn is touched by "slow time" (not the time of the real world) figures are not subject to time
100
What is the rhyme scheme of the first 7 lines of each stanza?
ABABCDE
100
In Stanza 4, "peaceful citadel" is an example of a) assonance b) anaphora c) paradox d) oxymoron
oxymoron (a citadel is a fortress occupied by soldiers) fyi
100
A reoccuring theme in the poem that was previously seen in Macbeth is
the existence of the figures on the urn are both free in time but forever frozen in time
200
Where can the original manuscript of "Ode to a Grecian Urn" be found?
no where--the original copy does not exist/Keats' manuscript is gone
200
Stanza 2 contrasts ideas of __________ and the "real"
art, love, and nature ---piper's unheard melodies are sweeter than mortal melodies because they are unaffected by time ---even though he can't kiss his lover (because he is frozen in time) he shouldn't grieve because her beauty will not fade
200
A common theme in the poem is the real world of pain contrasted with the ______ world of joy
fantasy
200
What is the meter of the poem?
mostly iambic pentameter
200
In the fourth stanza the speaker attempts to think about the figures on the urn as though they were experiencing human time, imagining that their procession has an origin. What two quotes from stanza 4 are proof of this?
"the little town" (origin) "the green altar" destination
300
In which of the following years was "Ode to a Grecian Urn" published? a) 1819 b) 1919 c) 1719 d) 1619
a) 1819
300
Stanza 3 presents the issue of mortal love. How?
the speaker is happy that the love of the boy and the girl will be "forever new" and last forever- unlike mortal love that becomes "burning human passion" that will turn into a "burning forehead and a parching tongue" **life on the urn without suffering --urn depicted passion is human but it is also "all breathing passion far above" because it is unchanging
300
In stanza 5, "cold pastoral" is an example of a) alliteration b) anaphora c) oxymoron d) assonance
paradox
300
In stanza 1, Bride of Quietness is an example of a) assonance b) alliteration c) anaphora d) oxymoron
a) Assonance rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words
300
The speaker confronts the limits of static art when he realizes Bethlehem, the "little town" will be forever _____
empty
400
What time period does the poem take place? a) Medevial b) Victorian c) Early Romantic d) Late Romantic
d) Late Romantic
400
Stanza 4 re-introduces what theme?
time and motion --the speaker imagines the town empty of all citizens and tells it that its streets will be "for evermore" silent because those who left it are now frozen on the urn unable to return
400
The subject is explained in the first _____ lines of each stanza
4
400
Thou foster child of silence and slow time in stanza 1 is an example of a) assonance b) alliteration c) anaphora d) paradox
b) alliteration
400
in the human sense the urn doesn't age and it doesn't die. this is an example of what theme?
the urn existing outside of time "their love is forever young" but they can "never kiss a maiden"
500
Keat addresses the urn as "thou" "bride" foster child" and historian". In speaking this way, he is using a) alliteration b) metaphors as personification c) apostrophe d) anaphora
c) apostrophe
500
In stanza 5, the speaker returns to______
addressing the urn itself he thinks when his generation is dead the urn will remain telling the message "truth is beauty, beauty is truth"
500
Ode to a Grecian Urn is full of paradoxes. One of these paradoxes is the discrepancy between the urn with its frozen images and _________
the dynamic life portrayed on the urn
500
In stanza 1, "What men or gods are these; what maidens loth" is an example of a) assonance b) alliteration c) anaphora d) paradox
anaphora
500
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty--that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know" suggests....?
NO REAL ANSWER. Johnny's thoughts: Is the author saying truth is completely subjective?? Can beauty and truth really be the same???