Question

In Ode on a Grecian Urn, what does the urn offer the speaker that real life cannot?

• A. A detailed history of ancient Greece
• B. A sense of eternal happiness free from change or death
• C. A clear understanding of truth and beauty
• D. A solution to the speaker's personal problems

Answer 1

Answer:

B. A sense of eternal happiness free from change or death

• In John Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn, the urn serves as a symbol of eternal beauty and unchanging perfection.

• Unlike real life—where happiness, love, nature, and music are all fleeting and subject to time—the urn captures a moment that never fades. The lovers never age, the piper never tires, the trees never shed their leaves.

• This permanence gives the speaker a glimpse of a world where joy is not threatened by time, decay, or death.