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In Keats's "Ode to a Grecian Urn" Keats's speaker reflects on the awe-inspiring beauty depicted on the Grecian Urn. At first delighting in the timelessness of the scene, Keats's speaker becomes frustrated. The frozen-in-time figures on the Grecian Urn are a big tease.

At first, the poem's speaker is enchanted by the beauty of the scenes depicted on the Grecian Urn. Here time is frozen into eternal spring and youth, unheard melodies, and passionate love, and Keats's speaker is delighted. Reflections on the "fair youth" (Keats 15) seem to draw the poem's speaker into a joyful, youthful state, with his whole life ahead of him, a surreal state that can only be fully appreciated in the later years of life. Other declarations like "bold lover" (Keats 17) seem to indicate the joy and wonder of being in love, being in an exciting and passionate relationship. "Happy boughs" (Keats 21) show growth and life in the scene; it also shows a deep connection with those around it. The......

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