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What does the empty town in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" symbolize in lines 35–40?

AThe unknowable past and human mortality

BA celebration of eternal life and unchanging beauty

CThe immediate joys and sorrows of everyday life

DThe power of art to immortalize human experience

Answer:

A. The unknowable past and human mortality

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  • The unknowable past and human mortality


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