As the metanarrator drives the audience to the internal setting, the sense of the " Sylvan historian" is clarified: the urn does not only tell stories of the forest, but it does also have it s body embellished " with forest branches and the trodden weed." ... In scene-stanza 4, the narrating director stands once more confounded before the playful urn. ... Now the shift is made to the external setting, and the plot smooth unravels. ... Moreover, it has a lesson to teach: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,_ that's all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know" With this final statement...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School