Question

Read the lines from Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn."


Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, Forever wilt thou love, and she be fair!


Which best explains these lines in the context of this poem? Do not mourn for what you cannot have.


Young love is fleeting.


Art captures beauty and preserves it.


The memory of a moment can last forever.

Answer 1

Answer:

Art captures beauty and preserves it.

Explanation:

John Keats's "Odes On A Grecian Urn" is a romantic ode that was prevalent and famous during Keats's time, the nineteenth century.

In the poem, the speaker Keats was examining a marble urn of Grecian art. The second stanza of the ode shows him addressing the painting on the urn where a young man was playing a pipe for his lover who's under the trees. Keats exclaims that the young man's song and melody can never fade away fro they are engraved in the picture. And though the young man won't get the girl, he should not mourn. For she cannot fade too, as she is also painted alongside him on the urn. Her beauty will stay on forever, with his love for her.  

Answer 2

Answer:

Young love is fleeting.

Explanation:

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