The main thematic focus of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is ____________________?
Correct answer: C. The relationship between truth and beauty
- A. The nature of death
- B. The French Revolution
- C. The relationship between truth and beauty
- D. The author's childhood experience
Explanation
Keats’s ode contrasts the changing, mortal world with the permanence of art and connects these ideas through the famous relationship between truth and beauty. The urn’s scenes make this philosophical theme central to the poem.
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