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“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Really? Is that true? What do you think?
Discuss.
I think Keats himself wavers on this even given his similar statements in the letters.
The Grecian Urn speaks the lines imo for reading the poem. I agree with the gist of what Keats is getting at with this statement though:
that, in our daily lives, we often are distracted by extraneous details and only somethings (beauty) are worthwhile (true).
AFAIK critics have been arguing about this for centuries– which speaks to the power of the line. Now let us all reflect on this abomination and look to prevent it from ever happening again:
@stephen_j_p I got you beat on this one. I once typed the line into google and got this: “anal and vaginal bleaching, don’t be fooled by cheap imitators.”
@stupidpoet – Clearly that’s what the urn SHOULD have said.
@stupidpoet Haha! The arbitrariness of our most powerful search engines. Not forgetting this:
[When the commandant shows the Simpsons a classroom]
Cadet: Truth is beauty, beauty truth, sir!
Lisa: They’re discussing poetry! Oh, they never do that at my school.
Teacher: But the truth can be harsh and disturbing! How can that be considered beautiful?
Marge: Well, they sure sucked the fun out of that poem.