Question

Read the passage from "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

And, happy melodist, unwearied,
For ever piping songs for ever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love!
For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,
For ever panting, and for ever young

Which word in the passage expresses eagerness?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is panting.
The word panting can mean several things, but one of its meanings is longing to do something, having desire for something. In the case of the poem above, the narrator is longing to be forever young, immortalized like art on the Grecian urn, however, it is impossible.