message of his former narrative poems ("Eve of St Agnes" and "Lamia") is conveyed here too: the idea that the expectation of something is far better and thrilling than its fulfilment; this is what the Grecian Urn and art offers. Though none of the images on the vase can attain the object of their desire they are immortal and frozen; their candid hope and expectations cannot be disappointed by time. This idea is embodied in the third stanza when the speaker says:
             "Forever warm and still to be enjoyed."
             Technique: 10 lines- rhyme: ababcdecde. Direct speech. Repetition of "forever" = defies time yet all action is in the negative: the flautist is mute; lovers unsatisfied; sacrifice not done â Oxymoronic: drawings of people (thus giving them immortality) embossed on a funeral vase (symbol of death). The lack of a time scale in the ode mirrors the images which are frozen in time.
             Ode to a Nightingale: Plot Summery: the poet, on hearing the Nightingale sing is reminded of the inadequacies of human life. He first regards alcohol as an antidote to his depression but soon rejects it probably due to its short-term effect. He finally settles on poetry and his "fancy&
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