John keats praises the beauty of the grecian urn as a whole celebrating its attic shape i e.
O attic shape fair attitude with brede.
With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.
With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.
Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity.
Its athenian form as it s an ancient greek or grecian urn and its fair attitude.
With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.
Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity.
When old age shall this generation waste thou shalt remain in midst of other woe than ours a friend to man to whom thou say st.
With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.
Similarly the maidens.
When old age shall this generation waste thou shalt remain in midst of other woe than ours a friend to man to whom thou sayst.
He has raptures over its attic shape which just means it has a distinctively greek appearance and its fair attitude which means a graceful posture.
With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.
With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.
A brede is a braid like a braid of hair the lovers are braided together in the chiseled marble which is a wild image.
Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity.
When old age shall this generation waste thou shalt remain in midst of other woe.
Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity.
Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity.
Keats praises the brede of marble men and maidens overwrought brede is an old word referring to plaiting or embroidery although given the run on line or enjambment leading us into of marble men there s probably an intended pun on breed of men.
45 when old age shall this generation waste thou shalt remain in midst of other woe than ours a friend to man to whom thou say st beauty is truth truth beauty that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know.
With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.
When old age shall this generation waste thou shalt remain in midst of other woe than ours a friend to man to whom thou say st.
Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity.
By the end of the ode the attic shape has shaped the poet s attitude so much so that the poet senses the urn influencing his understanding of beauty truth and what is really important in life.
