For Keats in "Ode on a Grecian Urn," the lovers pictured on the urn symbolize his
* eternal youth and hope.
* maturation and full fruition.
* despair and frustrated desire.
* deep satisfaction and fulfillment.
What can I say? LOOK carefully at what y ou see on the urn. Try to put yourself in their place. What do you see? What do you feel? What do YOU think? (Not only facial expressions, but body language can "speak" to you!
Sra
To determine the answer, we need to analyze the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by Keats. In this poem, Keats is fascinated by an ancient Grecian urn and contemplates the scenes depicted on it. The lovers mentioned in the question are one of the scenes portrayed on the urn.
To find the symbolic meaning of the lovers, we must closely examine the descriptions and emotions associated with them in the poem. In the third stanza, Keats describes the lovers on the urn as frozen in time, forever on the verge of kissing:
"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!"
From these lines, we can infer that the lovers represent eternal youth and hope. They are unable to consummate their love or experience physical pleasure, but they are also preserved in a state of eternal beauty and passion. Keats finds solace in their enduring love and sees it as a representation of eternal hope and the ideal of youthful love.
Therefore, the answer to the question is: The lovers pictured on the urn symbolize Keats' eternal youth and hope.