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Ode On A Grecin Urn
March 8 2001
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Throughout his "Ode on a Grecian Urn", Keats uses innocent, unfulfilled images painted on the urn, to demonstrate the theme of innocence and eternal beauty.
In the first stanza the speaker standing before an ancient Grecian urn, addresses the urn, preoccupied with its depiction of pictures frozen in time. This is where Keats first introduces the theme of eternal innocence and beauty with the reference to the "unvarnished bride of quietness"(Keats). Because she has not yet engaged in sexual actions, the urn portrays the bride in this state, and she will remain like so forever. Also in the
Approximate words: 1292
Approximate pages: 6
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