English & Literature
In the poem Ode on a Grecian How does the poem express both the positive and negative sides of the search for beauty?

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On one hand, Keats is suggesting that the only way true beauty can last is when it is represented in an artificial way, like in a vase. That when beauty exists in real time, it all too quickly fades away. The pursuit of beauty (and truth) is in and of itself a type of deeper beauty, however.