"Ode on a Grecian Urn" vs "The Wasteland"

While "The Waste Land" depicts images of sterility and desolate land, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is one of immortality and joy. The author speaks of the urn as a representation of timelessness, because time is the cause for all decay and the images on the urn never changes, while he is more like The Wasteland. He will decay eventually and he wishes he could be the urn.
Ode on a Grecian Urn is a reflection of the images on an urn. The urn tells a story of the people and the people are immortal. The urn freezes its art at the most beautiful parts of life, like the moment right before a kiss.…