Question 18
Non-African PoetryKeats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' is a romantic poem because
- A.it depends a great deal on the poet's spontaneous response to beauty
- B.it is a poem about love
- C.nightingale symbolizes love
- D.it was addressed to one of Keats' friends called Nightingale
- E.Keats first described the poem as a romantic poem.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: A (it depends a great deal on the poet's spontaneous response to beauty)
Explanation
Romantic poetry expresses the poet's personal feelings stirred by beauty and nature, as Keats does on hearing the bird.