Please read the poem below and pose 5 questions in the comment section.
Ode on a Grecian Urn
John Keats
Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time,
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape
Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
And, happy melodist, unwearièd,
For ever piping songs for ever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love!
For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,
For ever panting, and for ever young;
All breathing human passion far above,
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,
A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
To what green altar, O mysterious priest,
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
What little town by river or sea-shore,
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,
Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn?
And, little town, thy streets for evermore
Will silent be; and not a soul, to tell
Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.
O Attic shape! fair attitude! with brede
Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the trodden weed;
Thou, silent form! dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'
Monday, February 15, 2010
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1) Who is the author talking to
ReplyDelete2)What does the author's facination with time reveal about the tone of the work
3) How can someone/something "foster-child of Silence and slow Time"
4)Why did the author choose to break the poem up into stanzas like he did? How is the structure supposed to help the audience understand the poem?
5)What does the phrase "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." mean?
1. Is this person in a church?
ReplyDelete2. What is the theme of the poem?
3.What does "Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
And, happy melodist, unwearièd," mean?
4. Why does the narrator switch topics so much?
5.Is this poem about a woman?
darra sellers
ReplyDeleteper 2
1. Is this poem talking about how beautiful this lady that's going to be sacrifised?
ReplyDelete2.Could there be said to be a one of admiration?
3. Does the author believe beauty is all you need to know?
4. What does "Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express" mean?
5. What is a Grecian Urn?
4.
Leilani Jefferson
ReplyDeletePeriod 2
1. Whats the theme of the poem ?
ReplyDelete2. Is the woman being sacrificed because of her beauty.
3. Is it a town attempting to sacrafice this woman or a church ?
4. What does the author mean when he says "Thou, silent form! dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!" .
5. What is a Grecian Urn ?
Devin NeShay Davis
AP Literature & Composition
Period 2
1. Is the author describing an object?
ReplyDelete2. Is the Grecian Urn an altar or something related to the church?
3. Is the poem talking about something or someone leaving?
4. Is this a spiritual poem?
5. Why did Keats write this?
Dominique Smith
Period 2
AP Literature
1 what is a Ode on Grecian Urn
ReplyDelete2 what is this word “adieu”
3 what is the point of all this
4 is the author talking about some one specific
5 what does this mean, “ ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd”
jonathan taylor
period 2
1. Does this have to deal with a wedding?
ReplyDelete2. What is the theme of the poem?
3. Is the speaker talking about a lover?
4. Is this a pastoral poem and an ode poem?
5. What does it mean when the speaker says, " When old age shall this generation waste,"?
Chanelle Green
Period 2
1) What is the theme?
ReplyDelete2) Why did the auther structure the poem like this?
3) What does, "When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe," mean?
4) What does, "'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'" mean?
5) What is the sacrifice for?
-- Devyn Anderson-Stover
1. Is this poem an apostrophe?
ReplyDelete2. What is the theme of the poem?
3. When the author says "Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time," what does he mean?
4. Is the speaker in a museum?
5. Is the poem supposed to be like a time line of a period in history?
1. Is there a spaecial event happening?
ReplyDelete2. Is a woman about to get married?
3. What are boughs?
4. Will the lady leave after this "event"?
5. Is this a literal poem or an extended metaphor?
William Rhodes
per.2
1) What is the theme of the poem?
ReplyDelete2)Is The author talking about a woman?
3)Are they art a church?
4)What is a Grecian Urn?
5) what is boughs
6) is the tone of the poem happy?
Tellis Frank
period 2
1)What is Grecian Urn?
ReplyDelete2) Who is the author talking about?
3)Is this a meditation from the Romantic Period?
4)What are a few conlcusions that the readers can have about the nature of beauty?
5) What type of imagery does John Keats use?
Ambar Alfaro
Period 2
1) What is brede?
ReplyDelete2) What does "That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd, A burning forehead, and a parching tongue" mean?
3) What is Gerecian Urn?
4) What is the theme of the poem
5) What is the sacrifice for?
Nayali Lopez-Spears
Ap Lit
Per2
what is the tone?
ReplyDeletehow is the theme expressed?
what is a Grecian Urn?
what kind of feeling does the author want his audience to have by the end of this poem?
what was the time period of this poem?
Lauren Lang
period 2
AP Lit