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Question 49 • VT-ACT Reading

Read the passage from "Ode on a Grecian Urn."Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leaveThy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!

Answer
A
Unrequited love is still timeless.
B
Youth is fleeting and fickle.
C
Music is the spice of life.
D
True beauty is found in nature.

Explanation

The urn’s figures are frozen in time: the lover remains forever close to kissing the woman, but never reaches her. Even though he does not attain the happiness of a kiss, his love and her beauty will last forever. This supports “Unrequited love is still timeless.”

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