Read the analysis of a theme from "ode on a grecian urn."
one theme in "ode on a grecian urn" is that art is an eternal and unchanging truth.
now, read the passage from "solitary reaper," another poem from the romantic period.
whate'er the theme, the maiden sang
as if her song could have no ending;
i saw her singing at her work,
and o'er the sickle bending; —
i listen'd, motionless and still;
and, as i mounted up the hill,
the music in my heart i bore,
long after it was heard no more.
which line from "solitary reaper" is most thematically similar to the theme of eternal art in "ode on a grecian urn"?
"whate'er the theme, the maiden sang"
"i saw her singing at her work"
"i listen'd, motionless and still"
"long after it was heard no more"