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1、OntheBeautyofOdeonaGrecianUrnAsafamouspoemofJohnKeats’mainworks,OdeonaGrecianUrnisaremarkableclassictopeoplefromgenerationtogeneration.Oneofthereasonswhyitisrenownedisthankstotheexcellentpoet,JohnKeats,whoisextremelygiftedbutdiedyoung.BesidesOdeonaGreci
2、anUrn,inhisshortbutpreciouspoetrylife,thereemergesseveralotherpopularworks,toillustrate,ToaNightingale,ToPsyche,TheEveofSt.Agnesandsoon.Fullofvariousbeauties,OdeonaGrecianUrnisveryworthyappreciatingonitstheme,imagesandrhetoricalforms.Throughdepictingane
3、xquisiteGrecianUrnmadeathousandyearsago,thepoetexpresseshisstrongadmirationtotheartist’sinnovativeskillwhichshockshimgreatly.“Thoustillunravish’dbrideofquietness,thoufoster-childofsilenceandslowtime”referstotheurn,whichasaworkofart,hasbeenweddedtothequi
4、etnessandbroughtupbysilenceandslowtime,andtherefore,suffersnochange.ItalsoshowsthatthepoethasabsorbedhimselfintothetimelessbeautifulsceneryontheantiqueGrecianurn.Actually,thethemeisembodiedinthecontrastbetweenthepermanenceofartandthetransienceofthehuman
5、life.Artisimmortal.Next,avarietyofimagesinthepoemallbecometheaidstosetoffthetheme.Keatsarrangesthemflexiblyandproperly,whichisquiteimpressive.Pipeinthesecondstanza,alongwiththeyouth,thetreesattractthepoet’sendlessfantasyaboutalovelyspot.Andinthethird,gr
6、eenaltar,mysteriouspriestandtheheiferlowingattheskiesaltogetherstructurealifelikepicture.Theninthelaststanza,havinglistingthemarblemenandmaidensoverwroughtwithforestbranchesandthetroddenweed,heattributeshisunforgettablesensationtoallthereaders.Wecan’tfo
7、rgetboththetalentoftheartistryofthepoetandtheartisttomouldtheirimages.Inaddition,almostallofthevividexpressionsinthepoemarecontributedbywonderfuluseofrhetoricalforms.Personification,allusion,metaphor,metonymyandhyperbolecanfindtheirwayintothepoem.Thewho
8、leworkiswritteninathrillingtoneasfirstpersonwiththehelpofpersonification.“Yeknowontheearth,andallyeneedtoknow”isfullofphilosophyandemotion.Allusionexpressionsinclude“Sylvan”“dalesofArcady”,evenandhisownquotation“Beautyistruth,tru
