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What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? ode on a grecian urn text
Scholars have been unable to agree to whom the last thirteen lines of the poem are addressed. Arguments can be made for any of the four most obvious possibilities, -poet to reader, urn to reader, poet to urn, poet to figures on the urn.
The issue is further confused by the change in quotation marks between the original manuscript copy of the ode and the published edition. This issue is further discussed at the bottom of this page. What men or gods are these?
What maidens loth? What mad pursuit?
What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Ah, happy, happy boughs! Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
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What little town by river or sea shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn? O Attic shape! Fair attitude! In it, he discussed the problem of the final quotation, linking it with the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" (text)
Because of the uniformity of human minds and passions, moreover, the figures inscribed on the urn which puzzle the observer at first glance become intelligible as we relate them to our own tsxt. The first stanza of the poem is filled with questions; the last, with none. From the Philological Quarterly.
Volume: Issue: 1, Hanson, Marilee.]
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