Read the passage from "ode on a grecian urn."

heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,
pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone

keats uses the phrase "spirit ditties" to describe the

a. music the gods on the urn favor the most.
b. songs the people on the urn appear to be playing.
c. music created by blowing across the top of the urn.
d. songs that were popular at the time the urn was made.

b. songs the people on the urn appear to be playing.

In these lines, the speaker tells the musicians to play not to the physical ear, but to the spiritual one. This is a metaphorical ear that is meant to be receiving the music of the pipes. He tells us that these songs are "ditties of no tone," which means that the songs do not have tones or notes. They cannot be played, because they are imaginary. Therefore, the author is talking about the songs that the people on the urn are playing, which are similarly imaginary and cannot be heard with the "physical" ear.

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