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Keats: The Ode, Ekphrasis, and Negative Capability — Homework
Read "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (John Keats) at least twice before answering.
- 1.Define negative capability in one sentence.
- 2.Define ekphrasis and explain how it applies to this poem.
- 3.Explain the paradox of the frozen lovers: what do they lose and gain by being carved rather than living?
- 4.In four or more sentences, explain why Keats might leave the poem's final claim about beauty and truth deliberately open to interpretation.
- 5.Write a short ekphrastic paragraph (four or more sentences) describing and reflecting on any image or photograph available to you.
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