... and though it is silent, he believes its images can tell the tale more effectively than his poem is able to: "who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:" The events occur in a "leaf-fring'd" setting of "deities or men" in "mad pursuit" of reluctant "maidens", a passionate, heated courtship scene, paradoxically portrayed on a cold, motionless urn. In the ... such a world? Keats must feel that it is better to hope for the best than be disillusioned if reality does not prove to be all he has longed for. His tone is ecstatic in the third stanza, seeming almost to env...

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" More than any other person we remembered, this girl seemed to mean to us the country, the conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood (Cather 2)."" In the introduction the author is on a train with Jim Burden talking about Antonia in saying this, Jim is telling the author that Antonia ... made him who he is today. She has a special way of shining through everyone everybody she meets. This quote sets the tone for the novel and describes her throughout her life. It can be useful throughout time for all friends who become a hero in one's life. " Now, don't you ... go and be a fool like s...

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• Grade Level: High School