Extra Credit Mary Elaine and Libby
The first stanza of an Ode on a Grecian Urn depicts an unwedded "bride" who is in search of her groom in silence and gloom. "Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time," this reiterates the reoccuring theme of time in the novel. The foster child can either be understood as Lena, herself, and/or the baby she carries with her. "A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:" because Lena knows who she is, despite being belittled by society, her knowing herself is bittersweet and much sweeter than those rhymes made by the author or the poem. "What wild ecstasy?" this shows that she is driven to find her "husband" despite what some view her journey as ridiculous. The line, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard" mimics the cries and laughter of the baby about to be brought into the world.
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