Question

The speaker in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" views the urn as capable of speaking in the final lines. This is an example of:

• A. Apostrophe and personification
• B. Hyperbole and understatement
• C. Metaphor and simile
• D. Allusion and irony

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Apostrophe and personification

• In "Ode on a Grecian Urn", the speaker addresses the urn directly throughout the poem, which is a classic example of apostrophe—a literary device where a speaker addresses an absent or inanimate object as if it were capable of understanding.

• In the final lines, the urn appears to “speak” the line “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”, which involves personification, attributing human qualities (like speech) to a non-human object.