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wrbasek0

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How is the urn a Cold Pastoral?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Paraphrase the statement that the urn dost tease us out of thought / As dothEternity.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1


  • Literally, its lifeless clay; figuratively, it stands aloof from human change and suffering. Compare Stevenss Jar.



Answer to Question 2


  • The urn lures us out of our habit of useless cogitation. Eternity also stops us from thinking because, for us mere mortals, it too is incomprehensible.




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