Give a detail teaching of the poem "ode on a grecian urn".
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John Keats was a well known poet in English literature for his romantic philosophy.
The poem describes the beauty of a Grecian Urn, which must have been brought to hold the ashes.
The artistry on the Grecian Urn reminds him of wild parties where men chase women.
He tries to find out the meaning behind the lovely images on the Urn and wonders whether the Grecian Urn is a symbol of beauty.
He ends the ode by declaring that beauty is truth as the living statement made by the Grecian Urn.
"“Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a poem written by John Keats. The poem is written in seven stanzas.
The poet expresses his amazement to the pictures that has been captured on the urn at the same moment. He imagines how at the same moment so many pictures have been clicked.
He poet assumes it to be sex scene and then says that the characters there would remain young forever. They would stay the same for their entire life, being captured in the pictures.
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