Question

In "Ode on a Grecian Urn", what does the speaker begin to wonder about in lines 35–36 upon seeing the sacrificial procession?

• A. What instrument the musicians are playing, and what song they are playing
• B. Which town—by river, coast, or mountain—has been left empty by the people in the procession
• C. Who the people in the procession are, and why they are dressed in their finest clothes
• D. Whether the urn itself was created to commemorate this very procession

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Which town—by river, coast, or mountain—has been left empty by the people in the procession

• The speaker speculates about the origin of the people heading to the sacrifice, asking what “little town by river or sea shore, / Or mountain-built” has been emptied on this “pious morn.”

• This marks a turn toward mystery and absence.