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“Ode on A Grecian Urn”

“Ode on A Grecian Urn”. Ashleigh Veasley. Stanza Four.

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“Ode on A Grecian Urn”

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  1. “Ode on A Grecian Urn” Ashleigh Veasley

  2. Stanza Four 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 this 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.

  3. Stanza Five 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.

  4. Stanza Four • In this stanza, the speaker sees a group of people that are in route to sacrifice a cow. He speculates as to where they are going and where they are from. He imagines that the people of the town have deserted it and will never return.

  5. Stanza 5 • The speaker resumes speaking to the urn. He comes to the conclusion that after his generation comes to pass, the urn will remain telling future generations the most important lesson: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”. That is all the urn knows and that is all it needs to know.

  6. Literary Devices • Rhythm: Iambic Pentameter • Rhyme Scheme: Stanza 4 – ABABCDECDE Stanza 5 – ABABCDEDCE • Personification: • Line 38 – “…thy streets for evermore will silent be…” He gives the streets the human characteristic of being silent.

  7. BIBLIOGRAPHY • http://uppitywoman08.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/happycow.jpg • http://poetry.files.wordpress.com/2005/10/ode-on-a-grecian-urn.jpg

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