O Attic Shape Fair Attitude

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.

O attic shape fair attitude.

When old age shall this generation waste thou shalt remain in midst of other woe. With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed. Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought. 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.

This thing with its attic shape and fair attitude is a dead thing. 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. 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. 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. The speaker addresses the urn with the exclamatory o attic shape or this is what you look like 41. 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. Here he draws our attention away from the imagined scenes of empty towns which closed the fourth stanza and returns to the urn with an emphasis on its materiality. 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. 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. Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity. 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. Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought as doth eternity. With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought with forest branches and the trodden weed.