Citati iz pjesme Oda grčkoj urni

9 poznatih stihova iz djela Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819) autora John Keats, riječ po riječ, uz objašnjenje značenja i izvora.

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1. 1

   Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness,
   Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,

   Značenje: The poet addresses the urn as an untouched object preserved by silence and the slow passage of time.

   The poetStrofa 1, stihovi od 1 do 2Kopiraj
2. 2

   Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
   A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:

   Značenje: The urn tells a vivid story through its rural scenes, potentially more beautifully than poetry can.

   The poetStrofa 1, stihovi od 3 do 4Kopiraj
3. 3

   Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
   Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;

   Značenje: Imagined music seems sweeter than actual music because the imagination can make it perfect.

   The poetStrofa 2, stihovi od 11 do 12Kopiraj
4. 4

   Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
   Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
   She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
   For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!

   Značenje: The painted lover can never complete his kiss, but his desire and his beloved’s beauty will never fade.

   The poetStrofa 2, stihovi od 17 do 20Kopiraj

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5. 5

   Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
   Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;

   Značenje: The trees pictured on the urn remain permanently in spring, untouched by seasonal loss.

   The poetStrofa 3, stihovi od 21 do 22Kopiraj
6. 6

   More happy love! more happy, happy love!
   For ever warm and still to be enjoy’d,
   For ever panting, and for ever young;

   Značenje: Love preserved in art stays forever youthful and expectant, without reaching fulfillment.

   The poetStrofa 3, stihovi od 25 do 27Kopiraj
7. 7

   And, little town, thy streets for evermore
   Will silent be; and not a soul to tell
   Why thou art desolate, can e’er return.

   Značenje: The imagined town remains forever empty because the figures depicted leaving it can never move or return.

   The poetStrofa 4, stihovi od 38 do 40Kopiraj
8. 8

   Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought
   As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!

   Značenje: The urn’s silent, frozen world challenges ordinary understanding, much as eternity does.

   The poetStrofa 5, stihovi od 44 do 45Kopiraj
9. 9

   “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,”—that is all
   Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

   Značenje: The closing statement presents beauty and truth as inseparable and suggests that recognizing their unity is enough.

   The urn, as imagined by the poetStrofa 5, stihovi od 49 do 50Kopiraj

Pitanja o ovim stihovima

What does Keats mean when he says unheard melodies are sweeter?

The urn’s musicians produce no actual sound, so viewers imagine their music. That imagined music escapes the imperfections and limits of real performance.

Who speaks the final lines of Ode on a Grecian Urn?

The poet introduces the urn as speaking, but the extent of its speech is debated. Some readers assign both final lines to the urn; others hear the poet taking over partway through.