ENGL 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thesis Statement
12 Jan 2015
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Beginning 1800s, proceeded by tennyson (victorian, 1837-1900) Ode" tribute, stems from latin word meaning song (song of praise) Poem raises metaphysical concerns beyond reality, concerns aside from regular concern, larger, abstract concerns. Stanza 1 describes the urn as a still unravish"d bride still anticipated, temporal, unmoving, spatial unravished, virgin bride, unblemished state. Historian the urn becomes a space of historical narrative, double layer (keats poem tells a story of the urn, urn tells story of history) Poem will not do the urn justice poem another aesthetic object, urn is perfect to keats. Addressing the urn directly, urn is his audience. Music of urn you can"t hear it, it becomes more beautiful. Image of two lovers never going to kiss, contained intimacy on the urn, moment of anticipation is endless. Reality of human passion different from what is on the urn. Perfection on the urn speaker desires to live there. Urn speaking to all men beauty is truth, truth beauty" (49)
