"Ode to a Nightingale" focuses on ______________?
Correct answer: A. How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever
- A. How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever
- B. The fall of man into sin
- C. The futility of artistic creation
- D. The unfortunate conclusion of the French Revolution
Explanation
The ode contrasts the nightingale's seemingly timeless song with human mortality, showing that pleasure and life are temporary. The speaker's desire to escape suffering cannot permanently defeat change or death.
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