In the Ode to the Grecian Urn Keats came to the realization that the immortality he had quested for is a myth that cannot be interpreted. The marbleized sacrificial rite on the ancient urn implies that human life is a process of endless sacrifice. This inevitable recognition of mortal limitation during the process of human growth can not be dissolved by the soothing oracle that Beauty is truth, truth beauty'.
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