LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETRY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The nature of death
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The French Revolution
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The relationship between truth and beauty
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The author’s childhood experience
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Ode on a Grecian Urn” examines the close relationship between art, beauty, and truth. For the speaker, it is through beauty that humankind comes closest to truth-and through art that human beings can attain this beauty (though it remains a bittersweet achievement).
Detailed explanation-2: -The poem’s central theme is the transient nature of human existence. The scenes on the urn evoke stories of romantic pursuit and religious ceremony. In reality, such scenes come to pass in brief moments. The urn provides a space where such stories can be frozen and made essential.
Detailed explanation-3: -To Keats, beauty lies in truth and anything true is beautiful. He loves nature and his touch transforms everything into beauty. He creates an imaginary world of dream where one can forget the harsh realities of life. But one has to come back and face the real world and be in his senses.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poet concludes that the urn will say to future generations of mankind: “’Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty. ‘ – that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know".
Detailed explanation-5: -Historical Context. John Keats is recognized by all as a central figure in the Romantic literary movement, and “Ode On A Grecian Urn” is considered one of his greatest works, although some of its elements are pre-Romantic.