Question 15
NECO
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2019
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
Consider the following stanza from John Keats's *Ode to a Nightingale*:\n\n"Thou wast not born for death,\nO, spirit of the nightingale!\nThy voice shall linger in the hush of dusk,\nA sweet, immortal echo that no mortal can silence."\n\nIdentify two figures of speech employed in this stanza and discuss how their combined effect contributes to the poem's overall mood.
Answer Options
A.
The stanza employs metaphor (e.g., "spirit of the nightingale") and alliteration (e.g., "sweet, immortal echo"); together they create a rhythmic emphasis that heightens the poem's playful mood.
B.
The passage features simile (e.g., "like a nightingale's spirit") and onomatopoeia (e.g., "silence"); these devices combine to produce a vivid, auditory mood of excitement.
Correct Answer
C.
The stanza uses personification (e.g., "spirit of the nightingale") and hyperbole (e.g., "immortal echo that no mortal can silence"); together they give the nightingale's song a timeless, exalted quality, producing a mood of reverent awe and longing for immortality.
D.
The lines contain irony (e.g., "born for death") and enjambment (e.g., "Thy voice shall linger"); their effect is to underscore a cynical, detached tone.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
The stanza uses personification (e.g., "spirit of the nightingale") and hyperbole (e.g., "immortal echo that no mortal can silence"); together they give the nightingale's song a timeless, exalted quality, producing a mood of reverent awe and longing for immortality.
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