‘Learning Urdu’ is a poem that is composed by Agha Shahid Ali, a Kashmiri American Muslim. In this poem, the poet talks about the partition of Pakistan and India or its effects on the people of both sides country. This partition divided the people as well as the harmony of the people. It reveals how the tragedy of the partition of 1947 affected not only the people but also the shared language and culture.
About Author
Agha Shahid Ali was an Indian American poet. He was also affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry. Among his famous literary works include “The Country Without a Post”, “Rooms Are Never Finish”, “The Half Inch Himalayas”, and “A Nostaligst’s Map Of America”. He was awarded the “National Book Award 2001.” Their homes, places, languages, cultures everything. The division crept into the minds of people thus blinding them to all but hate.
Analysis Of Learning Urdu Poem
The poem begins with the image of a victim of the 1947 partition which divided Hindustan into two notions, India and Pakistan. The victim, who belongs to the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, is not alone and along with him comes Dogri, Stumbling.
“From a district near Jammu, Dogri Stumbling through his Urdu he comes, the victim of a Continent-broken in two in nineteen forty, seven.”
The poet wanted to say that at that time when the partition took place there was Dogri Language spoken at that time. But after the division, this language was hatted by the people as this language was spoken by the people of Jammu who went to Pakistan. They started using this language to kill people and to abuse people. Partition was not a peaceful process, hundreds and thousands of people lost their lives to hatred. Partition was not just a geographical partition. Rather, it shredded the lives of people, their homes, places, languages, culture everything. The division crept into the mind of people thus blinding them to all but hate.
In the next stanza, the poet speaks about his loss and trauma. He is in an identity crisis. He no longer remembers or recognizes his home. His village has become just a ‘word’. Partition has done an irreparable damage to its existence. It is not important in which country his village lies now, after partition. It might have been merged into Pakistan or might have remained with India. In either case, the loss is similar and irreparable.
He lost his friends as they dissolved into bitter stanzas of enmity, while others dissolved into bitter stanzas of death.
“My memory belongs to the line blood across which my friends dissolved into bitter stanzas of some dead poet.”
The poet then talks about Mir and Ghalib two very prominent names of Urdu Literature. Language is intricately connected with culture. It is not immune. Our memories and experiences shape our relationship with a language. Violence and bloodshed, hatred and killings have smeared the relationship of victims with Urdu. Urdu which is often seen as the language of Muslims, too is suffering and dying. Partition has rendered it too homeless.
People might try to divide language between country and religion, but a language is universal. It does not belong to any geography or religion. Ghalib masquerading as a beggar shows this universality Ghalib, representing the entire Urdu Literature refuses to move to any side.
“Now remembers nothing while I find Ghalib at the crossroads of language, refusing to move to any side, masquerading as a beggar to see my theatre of kindness.”
Conclusion
Thus the poem ‘Learning Urdu’ is about the partition of Pakistan and India. The Poet of this poem, Agha Shahid Ali mainly wants to know how scary and worse the partition was and how it killed the harmony of the people.
“The Canonization” is the poem of the English metaphysical poet “John Donne”. It was first published in 1633 in Donne’s posthumous collection ‘songs and sonnets’. Here the word “Canonization” means the act or process of changing an ordinary religious person into a saint in Catholic Christian religion. The title suggests that the poet and his beloved will become ‘saints of love’ in the future: and they will be regarded as saints of true love in the whole world in the future. In the poem, the poet demands the complainer to stop hindering their lives and leave them alone so that they can continue loving each other without any hindrance.
About the Poet
John Donne, poet of the poem ‘The Canonization’ was an English poet, scholar, and soldier. He was the most influential metaphysical poet. Every critic appreciated the contribution of John Donne in metaphysical poetry. He was one, who created a new kind of poetry in those days when everyone was following the tradition. Donne is frequently said to be the originator of the “Metaphysical School of poetry”. He was also known as the founder of the father of metaphysical poetry. Among his world-famous poems are ‘Holy Sonnets’, ‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’, ‘Death Be Not Proud’, ‘The Fled’, ‘The Sun Rising’, ‘The Good Morrow’, and ‘The Canonization’.
Structure Of The Poem
It is a five-stanza poem that is separated into sets of nine lines. The lines rhyme in the pattern of abbacccaa. When we talk about the meter of the poem, there are moments in the text in which he used iambic pentameter, iambic tetrameter and also iambic trimeter.
‘The Power as well as Holiness of Love’ and ‘Love Poetry’, as well as ‘Immortality’ are the themes of the poem “Canonization”.
Summary Of The Canonization
In stanza one, the lover is in a peevish mood. He addresses this verse to a complainer. Apparently, he wants to say that one should keep himself busy by doing appropriate work rather than keeping a check on him and his lover. The lover tells the complainer that he can make fun of him as he is suffering from diseases and has grey hair but he won’t gain anything by that. He says that he can criticize his ill health but not his tendency to love. He questions the complainer why doesn’t he work and improve his lifestyle or make some money instead of disturbing or interfering with their lives.
The second stanza contains the elaborate metaphysical aspects of the poem.
“Alas, alas, who’s injured by my Love? What merchant’s ships have my sight drowned?”
The lovers are not making any war or spreading diseases in society. They respect others’ property. The poet wants to say that his love injures nobody. It’s harmless. The lover is tactful, full of emotion and witty. He says, her sights are not responsible for the flood or floating off the ground. Spring won’t go away due to his coldness. Nature has its natural course and the lovers are not harming it. The heat in his vanish has not increased the number of people who die of plague. His love is harmless.
The lover says that the soldiers are doing their duty by going to war and the lawyers by fighting cases in court. But what the lover wants is to love his partner.
The lover does not care if he is called by any name because love has made them so. He says that they are like flies. They have a very short existence. He presumes the life to be short, just like the candle.
He compares himself to an Eagle and his lover to a Dove, they are complementary to each other. They love each other from the bottom of their heart. According to the lover, the riddle of Phoenix is their existence. They have two bodies, but they are one. Like the Phoenix, they die and they rise from their ashes.
The poet begins with the thought that, if they cannot live by love, they can die by it. He further says that if their love is not for tombs and hearses, they will find their place in poetry. So basically, they will find their place in the love sonnets. He says that he and his lover will be canonized by his love.
He believes love doesn’t die on death. If it is a platonic or desirable love, then it tends to exist even after death. Both their ashes will be amalgamated or merged if kept together.
In the final stanza of ‘The Canonization’, John Donner wants to reflect their ideal pattern of love. He says that they will be declared saints and will rewarded sainthood of Love. The lover also says that all the lovers will beg their pattern of love. People from various countries, towns and courts will be praising their love pattern and will ideally follow it.
Conclusion
Thus now we can say that “The Canonization” by John Donne describes a transcendent love that eventually evolves into the idealized base life for all other aspiring.
“The Bangle Sellers” is a poem written by prominent Indian poet and politician ‘Sarojin Naidu’. This poem is mainly about the life of Indian women, the Indian culture and traditions revolving around women. It was first published around women. It was first published in the year 1912 in Sarojini Naidu’s collection of poems called – ‘The Bird of Time’.
The poem revolves around bangles, which are an important ornament for the ‘embellishment’ of women in Indian society. As a woman passes through the different stages of life from childhood to old age, the colour and design of her bangles change accordingly.
About Author
Sarojini Naidu is also known as the nightingale of India. She was a prominent Indian poet and a politician. She was a gifted artist, proficient in many languages. She was also the first woman governor of ‘Free India’. Her poetry presents a kaleidoscope of Indian feelings, music and imagery. She has basically written about the life of Indian people, the beauty of nature, women empowerment and patriotism.
Sarojini Naidu’s famous works are – ‘The Golden Threshold’, ‘The Bird of Time’, ‘The Broken Wing’, ‘The Sceptred Flute,’ and ‘Song of India’. ‘The Feather of The Dawn’, was published posthumously.
Form & Structure
It is a lyrical poem of twenty-four lines, divided into four stanzas of six lines. Each stanza consists of three rhyming couplets, following a simple rhyme scheme of – AABBCC.
About the Title
Sarojini Naidu’s poem ‘The Bangle seller is all about bangles. The poet has depicted a picture of typical rural Indian society in the first half of the 20th century where bangle sellers go to the temple fair to sell their bangles. The poet has given a picture of the stages of a woman’s life, and the feelings and emotions attached to those stages through these bangles.
The poem also glorifies the rich cultural tradition of India by depicting the role of bangles and bangle sellers in bringing happiness and vibrancy to society. So, bangles, the ‘Lustrous token of radiant lives’ and its seller take centre stage in the poem. That is why the title of the poem “The Bangle Sellers” is justified.
Themes of “The Bangle Sellers”
The poem explores the life of Indian women, the Indian culture and traditions revolving around women. It revolves around the bangles, which is an important ornament for the embellishment of women in Indian Society. It is an expression of stages in a woman’s life in traditional society. The entire concept of making the connection between different coloured bangles and their role in imparting happiness to young maidens, brides, wives and mothers is rooted in Indian culture.
In the poem, the poetess shows how the Indian woman is whole-heatedly submissive in fulfilling her social, religious and spiritual responsibility in this male-dominated society. Many hints of a patriarchal set-up are found in the poem. A man performs an important role in a woman’s life as a father, husband and son.
In the last four lines, the poetess says about the hands of the middle-aged married woman who has cared, loved, blessed and brought up her fair sons and she has proudly served her family and has the honour of sitting by her husband’s side at religious ceremonies. In fact, the poetess has shown feelings of gender discrimination in the male-dominated society of India.
The poetess also describes the pathetic and miserable state of the bangle sellers who, despite suffering through many hardships and bearing the loss or profit, sell the bangles in a joyous voice and never make any grudge against their profession, but feel proud of selling the bangles which are a human product of religious importance.
Summary/ Analysis of The Poem
In the first stanza of the poem, the bangle sellers are introduced and the poem describes their everyday life as well. The bangle sellers are present at the temple fair to make a trade for their bangles and are calling out to people to buy them. They are praising the qualities of the bangle.
“……..these delicate, bright Rainbow-tinted circle of light.”
They are intending the people to buy for their daughters and wives. The bangle sellers say that these bangles promise happy lives to the wearer and are tokens of happy lives and happy marriages.
In the second stanza, the bangle sellers are talking about the different kinds of bangles that they have which cater to different types of women. Some of these bangles are suited for a maiden’s wrist who is an unmarried girl or a young woman and they are silver and blue in colour. Here silver and blue colours are compared to the mountain mist and they represent the freshness and the beauty of young maidens. Some bangles are light red and pink in colour just like life-tender flower buds that are found blossoming along a woodland stream.
In this stanza, ‘Buds that dreams’ presents an image of young girls who are dreaming of marriage. The bangles sellers also have some green-coloured bangles which are compared to the ‘newborn leaves’ because such leaves are pure and fresh. This stanza shows the youthful stage in a woman’s life and represents the fact women wear different coloured bangles in different phases of their life in Indian society.
In the third stanza, the bangles sellers say that they have some yellow-coloured bangles that look like fields of sunlit corn. Here bangles are compared to ‘fields of sunlit corn’ because those bangles are suitable for a bride on the day of her wedding when she needs to look the prettiest and the brightest of all. The bangle, sellers also have some flame-coloured bangles such as red and orange that represent the passion, desire and wishes of the bride.
“Tinkling, luminous, tender and clear, like her bridal laughter and bridal tears”,
Here, bridal laughter means the joy of starting a new life with her husband while bridal tear means the sorrow of separation from her parents. The poet has compared bridal laughter and bridal laughter and bridal tears with the tinkling, luminous, tender and clear. Bangles which seems to express her joy and sorrow well. So, this stanza depicts the transition of life from a maiden to a wife.
In the last stanza, the bangle sellers continue to advertise their bangles and say that they have some purple and gold-flecked, grey bangles. These bangles are suitable for a woman who has journeyed through life and has reached the mid-point of her life. These are for a woman who remained faithful to her husband, supported him and raised her children well. The purple colour symbolizes pride, the gold- fleck represents honour and authority whereas grey symbolizes wisdom and maturity.
Conclusion
So the poem “The Bangle Seller” is a tribute to Indian women and their beauty and grace. It is a celebration of their feminity or female form. It threads various stages of a woman’s life into the cultural wealth of India. It also acknowledges the part of bangle sellers in the customs and traditions of India.
“The Iliad” is the epic poem written by ancient Greek poet ‘Homer’. It tells the story of the last year of the Trojan War fought between the City of Troy and the Greeks. It is estimated that it was written around the 8th century BC. It is divided into 24 books and contains 15, 693 lines. ‘Achilles’ is the protagonist of the Iliad and the story centres around his rage and anger against Agamemnon. It is a central part of Epic Cyde and is set during the Bronze Age in Troy.
Mainly, the Iliad is about revenge, forgiveness, and the horrors of War.
About Homer
Homer was a Greek Poet Known as the author of ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’ two epic poems of ancient Greek literature. There is not much information about Homer in the history.
Major Character Of ‘The Iliad’
Character Map Iliad
Achilles – The story’s protagonist. He is the son of, Peleus and the Sea-Nymph, Thetis. He is the most powerful warrior and leads the Myrmidons against the Trojans.
Agamemnon – Agamemnon is the general of the Greek armies. He and Achilles fight on the same side, but they do not get along.
Menelaus – King of Sparta and brother of Agamemnon. When his wife Hellen, is abducted by the Trojans, this sparks the beginning of the Trojan War.
Odysseus – A strong and clever Achaean Warrior.
Paris – The younger Prince of Troy, He brings Helen to Troy and Starts the Trojan War.
Hector – The Eldest Prince of Troy and brother of Paris. A great fighter and resents his brother Paris for starting the war by abducting Helen.
Patroclus – Achilles’s beloved friend and advisor.
Ajax the Great – Ajax is the second great warrior of Greece after Achilles.
Helen – The most beautiful woman in the world. Wife of King Menelaus. She is the cause of the Trojan War.
Prima – King of Troy
Hecuba – Queen of Troy
Andromache – Hector’s wife.
Zeus – King Of the Gods.
Hera – Queen of the gods and Zeus’s wife.
Athena – Goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zew.
Apollo – Son Of Zeus
Summary Of The Iliad
The conflict began when Paris, the son of Troy’s king Prima, seized Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, and wife of Achaean King Menelaus. The Achaeans raised a massive army and Sailed to Troy, bent on winning Helen back by force.
As the story begins, the war is in its ninth year. The Achaeans have recently sacked a nearby city, taking several beautiful women captive along with a lot of treasure. Chryses, a priest of Apollo, approaches the Achaean camp and asks Agamemnon, to release his daughter Agamemnon refuses. Chryses prays to Apollo to punish the Achaeans, and Apollo rains down a plague on the Achaean army.
The plague ravages the Achaean army. Agamemnon agrees reluctantly but demands that he be given Briseis, the captive girl given to the warrior Achilles, as compensation. Achilles is enraged by Agamemnon’s demand and refuses to fight. Achilles desires revenge on Agamemnon. He calls his mother Thetis, the sea Goddess and asks her to beseech Zeus to turn the tide of war against the Achaeans. The tide of battle turns in favour of the Trojans.
As the situation grows increasingly desperate, Agamemnon sends an embassy to Achilles with the promise of many gifts, including the return of Briseis, to entreat him to return to battle. Achilles refuses, stating that he will not stir the Trojans to attack his ships. The Achaean leader fights fiercely, but Hector sets one of their ships on fire. Worried for the Achaeans, Achilles allows him to wear his armour into battle. If the Trojans think Achilles has returned to battle, they will retreat. Caught up in the rush of battle, Patroclus is killed by Apollo and Hector.
Achille’s grief fuses with his rage and he returns to battle exact revenge by killing Hector then drags the corpse behind his chariot. Meanwhile, the Trojans, are angry because Achilles will not return Hector’s corpse for proper funeral ceremonies. The gods intervene, forcing Achilles to return the body of Hector.
The story in the Iliad ends as the Trojans hold a funeral for Hector. But the Trojan War continues. Tales of the deaths of Paris and Achilles, the Greeks’ cunning use of city walls, and the defeat and destruction of Troy and told in other works.
Character Sketch Of Achilles
“Achilles” is the greatest warrior of the epic “The Iliad” written by Homer. Though there are many great warriors such as Agamemnon, Hector, Ajax, Ulysses, etc. He is the most excellent of them. He has all the marks of the great warrior. He was the son of Peleus, a mortal, and Thetis, a goddess. Thus, Achilles is a demigod. He has supernatural powers. Achilles was fighting the Trojan War against the Trojans. He was the bravest warrior of the Achaeans.
Once Agamemnon says that he was a great warrior because,
“…………. God made you so.”
Achilles has both admirable and flawed qualities.
Strengths of Achilles
Courageous – Achilles is incredibly brave and has a fearless attitude toward war. He is often depicted charging into battle without any regard for his own safety.
Skilled Warrior – Achilles is a skilled warrior and has been trained by the legendary Centaur, Chiron. He can use a variety of weapons and fighting styles to defeat his enemies.
Fierce Loyalty – Achilles is fiercely loyal to his friends and allies, particularly to Patroclus, his closest companion.
Weakness Of Achilles
Hubris – Achilles has a strong sense of Pride and an overinflated sense of his importance. This often leads him to act rashly and without considering the consequences of his actions.
Impulsive – Achilles is often driven by his emotions, particularly his anger. This can lead him to make poor decisions and act impulsively.
Vengeful – Achilles has a strong desire for revenge and is quick to seek retribution against anyone who has wronged him.
In the poem when Achilles quarrels with Agamemnon because Agamemnon demands Achilles prize Briseis as compensation for returning Chryseis to her father. Achilles loved Briseis and he did not want to give her to Agamemnon, but Agamemnon snatched her from him. So in anger, Achilles withdrew from the war.
When the Trojans came to know about the withdrawal of Achilles, then Hector, the bravest warrior of the Trojans started to slaughter Achaeans fearlessly and destroy everything Patroclus, Achilles’s friend requested him to return to war, but he disagreed. But he allowed his friend to fight the war as Achilles by wearing his dress. Achilles’s friend Patroclus went to war and fought. But in the end, he was killed by Hector.
When Achilles came to know about his friend’s death, he became furious and came back to war, and this time, he fought with Hector and killed him. But after killing Hector, he was not satisfied, so he took his corpse along with him and tortured it for ten days until his father came to him to beg for his son’s corpse.
Thus in the epic ‘Iliad,’ Achilles is portrayed as a short-tempered character. He becomes furious quickly and starts to destroy everything. He wanted to help his enemy when he quarrelled with Agamemnon. So Achilles is a skilled warrior and loyal friend, but his hubris and impulsiveness often lead him down a dangerous path.
Iliad As an Epic
An epic is a long narrative poem about the adventures of warriors and heroes, kings and Gods. There are two types of epics – one is primary epic and another is secondary epic. The primary epic is oral but not written. It comes from generation to generation. For example – ‘The Iliad’ by Homer is a Primary epic. It was originally composed orally and after centuries of oral transmission, it was finally written down.
The Iliad holds all the salient features of an epic which are examined as follows:
The epics are all based on some historic events – The Iliad deals with the Trojan War which was a historic event.
An epic is a long narrative poem – This feature of an epic is preserved in the Iliad. It was originally written in Greek and has been widely translated into other languages, including English. The original Greek version has about 15700 lines and is divided into twenty – four books (Chapters), each detailing the battles and events of a few weeks in the final year of the Trojan War.
A Primary epic begins in the middle of things and usually has flashbacks to show earlier portions of the story – The Iliad, the tale starts after a nearly tenth-year war between the united powers of Greece and the forces to the city of Troy and their allies.
An epic starts with an invocation to a divine force or god and Goddess – The Iliad also begins with such an invocation. To effectively narrate this story, the poet seeks the assistance of a muse Goddess. The first line of the Iliad itself goes, “The Wrath, sing goddess, of Peleus’s son Achilles.”
God interfere in the affairs of human beings in their tales in a Primary epic – The Iliad includes a large number of Gods and Goddesses that have an influence on human affairs. God and Goddesses have human children as well, Achilles, for example, is Thetis, the sea nymph’s son.
The Setting of epic is vast covering many nations – The Iliad setting is also expansive, encompassing both Greek and Trojan islands.
Epic uses the Epic Simple – Epic simile is another important feature of an epic. An epic smile means an open compassion between two different or dissimilar things or objects. Such as – In the Iliad Hector has been compared to a boar and a lion. “He was like a wild – boar or a lion when he turns this way.”
Epic must have an epic Hero – In the Iliad, Achilles possesses godlike attributes that surpass human limits. Another hero is Hector, almost similar to Achilles.
Thus with the above points, we can conclude that all the Salient features of an epic can be examined in ‘The Iliad’. It includes and epic hero, supernatural machinery, war, and great issues like honour and dignity. So we can call “The Iliad an Epic or Primary Epic.”
Conclusion
To Sum up, all the above mentioned it should be said that “The Iliad by Homer is an outstanding literary work, that describes the events of the Greek–Trojan War. It also explores the brutal and destructive nature of war.
The “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is one of the greatest Odes of English Literature written by ‘John Keats’, who was a great English Romantic Poet. The Poem was written in 1819 and published in 1820, anonymously in “Annals of The Fine Arts”. In this poem, Keats presents the complexity between art and reality. This poem is written in the form of an Ode, a type of lyrical poem that usually gives the writer personal emotions about a person or an object.
About John Keats
John Keats belongs to the second generation of Romantic poets, along with ‘Lord Byron’ and ‘Percy Bysshe Shelley’. Although he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” was written when he was suffering from tuberculosis. During a painful and brief life, Keats wrote great poetry and shall always be remembered for their contribution to Literature, especially for his Six Odes:
Ode to A Nightingale
Ode On A Grecian Urn
Ode On Idolence
Ode On Melancholy
Ode to Psyche
Ode to Autumn
His reputation grew after his early death, and he was greatly admired in the Victorian Age. His influence can be seen in the Poetry Of Lord Tennyson and the Pre Raphaelites Poet.
Structure Of The Poem ‘Ode on A Grecian Urn’
The poem is written in Five Stanza and each Stanza has ten lines. The Rhyme scheme in stanza II, III and IV are AB AB CDE CDE and In stanza I and V are AB AB CDE DCE.
Summary And Analysis Of The Poem
In this poem poet elaborates the pictures of a fancy pot of Ancient Greek. The Urn was placed in the British Museum and Keats found it attractive to write on Ode.
In the first stanza, the poet has paid a glowing tribute to the Grecian Urn. He calls the Urn an “Untouched Bride Of Quietness”. According to the poet, the picture of Urn gives a more sweet tale than the writers could and thus he calls the Urn “Sylvan Historian”.
By calling the Urn a Historian, Keats looks at the Urn closely and he can see the borders by a line of leaves around the Pictures. He could see some images and speculate whether they are God or men, some girls are being chased by wild boys, musical instruments are being played and humans or gods become wild due to the music.
In the second stanza, the poet looks at the specific picture where a piper plays some music. Keats states that the songs of the piper will remain sweeter in fantasy or imagination and that music is not for the physical ear but for the spiritual ears. He then describes a young man who is playing a song by sitting under a tree.
As an Urn is immortal the young man will sing forever under the tree which will be full of leaves forever. There is a bold lover who cannot kiss his lady love though he is near her as the picture standstill. The painted lover and beloved will never lose their passion and beauty. The lovers’ freshness will never fade away:
“She cannot fade, though thou hasn’t not thy bliss, Forever wilt thou love and she is fair”!
In the third stanza, Keats feels jealous about the Urn as it keeps everything immortal. He says that the tree in the picture remains happy as it does not shed its leaves and also enjoys the spring season forever. The pipers in the picture also are happy as they sing the new song. Keats imagines that the lovers are happier as they will love and enjoy forever. Their Love is above all the human passion.
“More happy love, more happy happy love! Forever warm and still to be enjoyed, Forever painting, and forever young.”
The other part of the Urn with different scenery is presented to the readers by Keats. He sports a scene on the Urn where a group of people come for sacrifice. The little town by the riverside or by the seashore is built among the peaceful surroundings. All the people of the town have gone for the sacrifice on a pious day, the town is empty without people. Thus the little town will always be empty and the streets will be silent forever.
Keats addresses the Urn directly as the symbol of ‘Athenian Art’, beautiful in shape, carved on the embroidered space with the images of men and women. The poet calls the Urn “Cold Pastoral” to mean either its marble texture or as it remains still in time. The Grecian Urn teaches mankind that:
“Beauty is Truth, truth is beauty”.
Through these lines, the message is that beauty and truth are one and the same.
Conclusion
Thus, the poem “Ode on A Grecian Urn” is all about the beauty and expressive nature of the Greek pot. It is about the culture and tradition of Old Greek. Throughout the whole poem, the poet Only talks about the beauty of “Grecian Urn” because according to Keats:
“A thing of Beaty is a joy forever.”
This means beautiful objects, natural or artificial are always a source of enjoyment, happiness, and pleasure for the person or a group of people.
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