In which of the following poems do the given lines occur: “Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!…
The lines occur in John Keats's Ode to a Nightingale. The speaker contrasts human mortality with the apparent continuity of the bird's song.
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In which of the following poems do the given lines occur:
“Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
No hungry generations tread thee down.”
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The lines occur in John Keats's Ode to a Nightingale. The speaker contrasts human mortality with the apparent continuity of the bird's song.
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Maharashtra and Goa SET (MH SET)