Ode on a Grecian Urn

Okay so I really like this one! It sounds really pretty. Anyways, I was looking around and found some really interesting information. Basically, what you could probably get just by reading is that Keats is talking about art (an urn's design!). He does mention what's on it: musicians and lovers and a really beautiful setting. However, as we read it, we don't really get a sense of what these people are doing exactly. Keats uses what is called Negative Capability (readers don't know who, what or where exactly). All we know is that the figures on the urn are literally frozen in time. Even though they are loving each other, they can never advance that love. They can never consummate or move on. Same with the musicians. They are playing music but nobody can hear it. That's when the picture doesn't seem so perfect and beautiful anymore. Keats goes on to make his point. He says that even though the urn seems beautiful and perfect, it's not real. Here, he makes a contrast between art and life. In a way, he criticizes the urn after supposedly praising it. To me, the point was (Anisha!) that Keats is trying to confuse the reader, but at the same time forcing him or her to think. By saying the last two lines, Keats makes the reader think that beauty is the ultimate reality, but in fact, he's saying the opposite.