Question

Read the excerpt from John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede
Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the trodden weed;

Which answer best explains the author’s use of the underlined text?
Answer

to give the reader a sense of how the Greeks dressed

to show that the urn was found in a wooded setting

to show the decorations that are on the urn

to describe that the urn has colorful decorations