Literary Analysis Of Keats's 'Frozen In Time'

3. - Over his short life of 25 years, Keats published fifty-four poems in three novels as well as a few magazines using a wide range of poetic forms including odes and sonnets.
- When Keats became a published poet, he considered his earlier works to be awful so much so that he collected every piece of paper containing them and burned them.
- Keats was a slender and short man being just over 5 feet in height. His hair was a reddish brown colour and curly.

4. I would ask him where did he get his inspiration to write so many literary works in such a short time.

5. words: 353. Stanzas: 5. Lines: 50.

6. It is about a man who is whispering praises to a Grecian urn, an ancient Greek pot that is covered in illustrations.

7. Keats directly addresses

I selected this poem because I liked the idea of being “frozen in time”. Many movies and books use that idea nowadays, but I was surprised to learn that someone had that idea almost 200 years ago.

12. It reminds me of a novel called “Frozen in Time” by Ali Sparkes.

13. The first line confused me first because I did not know what “unravish 'd” meant.

14. – parch (parching): an adjective. Definition: cause to wither from exposure to heat
- citadel: a noun. Definition: a stronghold for shelter during a battle.
- woe: a noun. Definition: misery resulted from affliction.

15. A. rhyme scheme: The first seven lines of each stanza consistently follow this rhyme scheme: ababcde; however, the last three lines of the stanzas are not the same. For example, in the first stanza, the rhyme scheme of the last three lines is dce, and the rhyme scheme of the last three lines in the third stanza is cde.
B. meter: iambic pentameter.
C. alliteration: Thou foster-child of silence and slow time
D. repetition: “For ever warm and still to be enjoy 'd,” and “For ever panting, and for ever young;”. Repetition of “for ever”.
E. imagery: denotation: Keats speaks of "timbrels" in the tenth line; it should be expected that the majority will not know what that word

Connotation: in the last line of the third stanza when he writes, "A burning forehead, and a parching tongue."
F. personification: “unravish 'd bride of quietness”. He personified the urn.
G. parallel structure: the term “attic shape” is a parallel construction for “Grecian Urn”.
H. hyperbole: “More happy love! more happy, happy love!”
I. allusion: there is an allusion to Sylvan (line 3).
J. enjambment: “O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede”. “Of marble men and maidens overwrought,”.
K. onomatopoeia: “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard” “Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;”.
L. simile: “Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe”
“Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say 'st,”.
M. metaphor: Line 3: Through metaphor, the urn is compared to a "sylvan historian," or someone who tells stories about forest life.
N. irony: there is an irony in the fact that the superior passion depicted on the urn is also unfulfillable.
O. oxymoron: “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard” “Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;”.
P. paradox: "Ditties of no tone" is a paradox because it’s hard to imagine a song that has no notes.
Q. understatement: "What men or gods are these."
R. refrain: none.
S. symbolism: the urn itself is a symbol of art and