“Ode on a Grecian Urn”
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“Ode on a Grecian Urn”

	Speaker addresses an urn that gives an artistic representation of scenes from Greek life
	Are beauties of life immortalized through beauties of art?
	Is art a cold mockery of life?

“La Belle Dame sans Merci”
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“La Belle Dame sans Merci”

	Destructive power of love and beauty
	Ballad form—repetition enhances sense of hypnotic beauty
	Imagery reflects irreconcilable opposites within the love experience

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The Lady

	What is the lady?
		A “fairy’s child” (line 14)?
		A witch (stanzas 6 and 7)?
		A vampire/succubus (stanzas 10-12)?

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The Knight

	What is the knight?
		An abandoned, distraught lover?
		A ghost?
			Winter setting
			“Lily on thy brow,” “A fading rose fast withereth”
			“Palely loitering”