Poetry Slam!: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats

John Keats' exploration of the power and timelessness of art contains words worthy of revisiting two hundred years after he originally composed this ode.
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  1. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
    Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
  2. legend
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
    What leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape
  3. deity
    a supernatural being worshipped as controlling the world
    Of deities or mortals, or of both,
  4. pursuit
    the act of following in an effort to overtake or capture
    What mad pursuit?
  5. ecstasy
    a state of elated bliss
    What wild ecstasy?
  6. grieve
    feel intense sorrow, especially due to a loss
    Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
  7. bliss
    a state of extreme happiness
    She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
  8. adieu
    a farewell remark
    Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
  9. passion
    a strong feeling or emotion
    All breathing human passion far above,
  10. parch
    cause to wither from exposure to heat
    A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
  11. sacrifice
    the act of killing in order to appease a deity
    Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
  12. flank
    the side between ribs and hipbone
    And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
  13. citadel
    a stronghold for shelter during a battle
    Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,
  14. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
    Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn?
  15. desolate
    reduce in population
    Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.
  16. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
    Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
  17. tread
    crush as if by stepping on
    With forest branches and the trodden weed;
  18. tease
    annoy persistently
    Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
  19. eternity
    a state of perpetual existence
    As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
  20. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
    Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Created on Tue Apr 09 14:35:30 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Oct 04 16:44:56 EDT 2017)

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