English Literature - Poetry and Poetic Devices

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English Literature - Poetry and Poetic Devices

On the basis of your reading of the poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, match the following :


‘A’
a. Hippocrene
b. Dryad
c. Bacchus
d. Hemlock

‘B’
i. A fountain sacred to the Muses on Mt. Helicon
ii. God of wine
iii. A poisonous plant
iv. A tree nymph

Options:

  1. a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
  2. a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii
  3. a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
  4. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i

Right Answer: a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii

Keats packs the ode with classical allusions. Hippocrene is the fountain on Mount Helicon that sprang from the hoof of Pegasus and was sacred to the Muses, and the poet longs for a beaker full of the blushful Hippocrene, that is of poetic inspiration. A Dryad is a wood nymph, and he addresses the nightingale as a light-winged Dryad of the trees. Bacchus is the Roman god of wine, whose chariot was drawn by leopards, and the poet says he will fly not with Bacchus and his pards but on the viewless wings of Poesy. Hemlock is the poisonous plant of the opening line.

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