Text about Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats

Text about Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats

TERZA PROVA – INGLESE

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Ode on a Grecian Urn

1. In this poem Keats is looking at a beautifully decorated urn. The urn is Greek and ancient, so you expect the scenes of the decoration to be set in ancient Greece. Read the poem and underline the expressions supporting this.

2. The poet decsribes two scenes decorating the urn. Read carefully the 2nd and 4th stanzas to find which people are described, what they are doing and where the action takes place. Then fill in the table below.

who	where	what
Young man	Beneath the trees	trying to reach the girl

3. The first stanzas contain antithesis related to the material and the spiritual. Here below are listed the words which refer to the material; write next to each the term which refers to the spiritual.

material	spiritual
Mortals Men Heard melodies Sensual ear

4. Keats has got two different attitude towards the urn. First “Sylvan historian” then “Cold pastoral”. Explain

5. What is represented on the surface of the urn?

1st stanza
2nd stanza
3rd stanza
4th stanza
5th stanza

6. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are “sweeter” What does the poet want to say? (line 40)

7. The last stanza marks a change in Keats attitude towards the urn and reports his aesthetic consideration. Find out the evidence of these two points and explain them.

Letteratura inglese dell’ottocento

• Keats terza prova, a cura della prof.ssa Mara Masseroni
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