1. What is the relationship between the speaker and the urn in the first stanza?
2. How does the poem compare the urn's storytelling to the poetry of the speaker's time?
3. In which stanza does the speaker begin to question the identity of the figures on the urn?
4. What kind of emotional state does the speaker suspect the female figures on the urn are experiencing?
5. What is the purpose of the speaker's questions about the musical instruments and possible revelry in the final stanza?
6. What does the speaker find paradoxical about music on the urn?
7. The speaker compares the young piper on the urn to which natural element?
8. What metaphor does the speaker use to describe the permanence of the lovers' love on the urn?
9. Why does the speaker tell the lovers on the urn not to grieve their unfulfilled kiss?
10. Which phrase best summarizes the speaker's attitude towards the frozen scenes on the urn?
11. What blessing does the speaker bestow upon the trees on the urn?
12. What emotion does the speaker attribute to the piper on the urn?
13. How does the speaker's relationship with the urn change throughout the poem?
14. According to the speaker, what does the urn offer that the living world lacks?
15. What tone does the speaker use when contrasting the urn's figures with the passions of living humans?
16. In the scene described, what significant animal accompanies the procession?
17. Where does the speaker speculate the procession originated from?
18. How does the speaker describe the town left behind by the procession?
19. What temporary escape does the speaker find in the urn?
20. What truth does the speaker believe the urn will ultimately reveal?
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