Which of the following statements best describes the urn as Keats depicts it in the final stanza of “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? Support your answer choice, citing details from the poem.a. The urn is made of marble and elaborately shaped.b. The urn is elegant and simply shaped with a pattern of Greek human figures.c. The urn is stately, with a shape that reminds Keats of a human figure.d. The urn is graceful and simple with a gray, veined surface like marble.

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The best choice is c. The urn is stately, with a shape that reminds Keats of a human figure. In the final stanza, Keats calls it a “Sylvan historian” and addresses it as a “Cold Pastoral,” giving it a dignified, almost human presence. He also refers to its “Attic shape” and “fair attitude,” which suggests posture or bearing, as if the urn stands like a noble figure. These details make the urn seem stately and personlike rather than simply decorative.