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In "Ode on a Grecian Urn", what is the speaker wondering about in lines 35–40?

AWhat instruments the musicians are playing

BWhere the people in the procession have come from

CWhy the priest is leading a heifer

DWho the people who are watching the procession are

Answer:

B. Where the people in the procession have come from

Read Explanation:

  • The speaker speculates about the origin of the people going to the sacrifice—what town they have left behind.


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