"Ode to a Nightingale" by john keats Thinking About the Selection
1. (a) Recall: low does the speaker describe his emotional state in
sanat (b) Infert What appears to have brought on this state!
2. (a) Recalli What wish does the speaker express in lines 19-20
(1) Compare and Contrast: What differences does he see
berween the bird's life and his own that cause him to wish this!
1. (a) Analyse: What is the viewpoint from which the speaker
descubes his surroundings in stanza V? (b) Connect: How does
the viewpoint reflect the speaker's wish in line 217
4. (a) Analyze: How does stanza VII "answer" stanza VI?
(b) Synthesise: What similarity between death and immortality
does the speaker imply?
5. Make a Judgment By writing a poem full of extreme feeling,
is Keats just being dramatic, or is writing such a poem a way
of making peace with strong feelings? Explain.