Read the passage from "Ode on a Grecian Urn."Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheardAre sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no toneKeats uses the phrase "spirit ditties" to describe the (A) Music the gods on the urn favor the most. (B) Songs the people on the urn appear to be playing. (C) Music created by blowing across the top of the urn. (D) Songs that were popular at the time the urn was made.

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Randy Beasley

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18 August, 12:02

Read the passage from "Ode on a Grecian Urn."Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheardAre sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no toneKeats uses the phrase "spirit ditties" to describe the (A) Music the gods on the urn favor the most. (B) Songs the people on the urn appear to be playing. (C) Music created by blowing across the top of the urn. (D) Songs that were popular at the time the urn was made.

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Janet Blair · Answer 1

Answer: (B) Songs the people on the urn appear to be playing.

Explanation: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem written by the English Romantic poet John Keats. the ode contains a narrator's discourse on a series of designs on a Grecian urn. The poem has two main scenes: one in which an unrequited love, and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.