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the poem titled"ode on a grecian urn" was written by a twenty three year old, john Keats during a very chaotic time of his life. during that time his brother tom had died and he had met and tragically had fallen in love with fanny brawne--his next-door neighbor whom he was unable to marry due to his illness. Keats attempts to put his concerns and feelings about living, love, art, religion, death and ete5rnity upon a grecian urn. "ode on a grecian urn" represents a gistorical object of greek civilization, an urn painted with the scenes from greek life. at the beginning of the ode, the poet is standing before an urn, and speaks to it as if it were alive.he treats the urn not as a subject but like it is a human. he worders about the figures on the side of the urn, and asks what legend they portray, and where they are from. Keats uses a words "unravish'd bride" meaning a virgin bride, a bride who has not been taken though she is married. the poet is turning the vase and sees the picture......

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