Class 11 English Elective POETRY 8. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE
Class 11 English Elective POETRY 8. ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class 11 English Elective (POETRY ) 8.
ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE - John Keats MAIN POINTS ☞ Ode to a Nightingale is written by John
Keats. ☞ John Keats is a Romantic poet. ☞ His poetry celebrates beauty which is
considered to be the ultimate truth. ☞ The poem is in the form of an ode. ☞ An ode is a type of lyric poetry which is
written for praising or glorifying an event or an individual. ☞ Keats wrote this lyrical beauty after
being inspired from a nightingale who builds its nest in front of his house. ☞ The nightingale is a symbol of beauty,
immortality and liberation from the world's troubles. ☞ Keats is intoxicated on hearing the
Nightingale song.He compares the song to hemlock, opium and Lethe river. ☞ Keats wishes to be as happy as the
nightingale. ☞ Keats says that human life is full of
miseries and therefore he wants to forget it by drinking a beaker full of wine. ☞ He wants to leave the world by flying on
the wings of poetic ima…