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ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE..

by John Keats.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the poem's overall structure?

Q02of 10

In stanza 1, the speaker clarifies that his 'drowsy numbness' is caused not by envy of the nightingale but by what?

Q03of 10

In stanza 4, the speaker declares he will travel to the nightingale not on the chariot of Bacchus but on what?

Q04of 10

The word 'Darkling' that opens stanza 6 most precisely conveys what about the speaker's situation?

Q05of 10

Which allusion in stanza 7 best illustrates the nightingale's song transcending historical time?

Q06of 10

What is the primary tone of stanza 3, in which the speaker describes human life?

Q07of 10

The 'embalmed darkness' of stanza 5 is best understood as an example of which technique?

Q08of 10

In stanza 6, what prevents the speaker from fully embracing death despite calling it 'rich to die'?

Q09of 10

The final two lines—'Was it a vision, or a waking dream? / Fled is that music'—chiefly serve what thematic purpose?

Q10of 10

The 'magic casements, opening on the foam / Of perilous seas' in stanza 7 primarily function as what?

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