Eng 112 - Today we began the introductory work on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Eng 111 - Students worked on their assignment sheet for Keat's Ode to a Grecian Urn and To Autumn. This is to be passed in tomorrow. Here it is for those of you not in class today (copies of the poems can be found online for people without their textbooks): The Ode – Lyric Poetry An ode is a lyric poem full of noble feeling expressed with dignity and addressed to some person or thing. “To Autumn” – John Keats pg. 312 Give examples of each kind of sense imagery in “To Autumn”. a) What kind of sense imagery is dominant in each stanza? b) What time of the season is presented in each stanza? What is autmmn personified as in stanza two? What attitude is the poet expressing about change and passing beauty?  Study Questions for "Ode on a Grecian Urn" pg. 310 1) What is an "unravished bride"? Why does Keats use this metaphor to describe the urn?2) Keats calls the urn a "historian." What "stories" does the urn seem to tell? To answer this, make a list of the pictures or objects Keats sees on the urn. How is each described? 3) What does Keats say about music in stanza two? 4) What does Keats say about love in stanza two? 5) How are the passages about music and love related to each other?6) Keats contrasts two kinds of love in stanza three (the word "more" appears twice in line 25 to develop the contrast). Explain the contrast.7) Why does Keats refer to the urn as a "Cold Pastoral"? 8) The urn is a work of art. What, finally, do you think Keats is saying about the world of art and imagination? Is it better than the "real world"? Why or why not?