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In the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" At the beginning of the poem,keats uses 3 metaphors to describe the urn. List all 3. Explain 2 of them in more detail.

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Foster-child of Silence and slow Time

Explanation: since this is an artifact that he is admiring, one can see where he derives the 'foster child'. This urn is without many others of its kind. It is without a 'family'. And, since urns cannot speak outright, they speak silently with their existence, the art, and the detail on them.

Sylvan historian

Explanation: Time has marched onward and this urn has borne witness to it, especially that time period during which it was created.

Leaf Fringed legend