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The Nightingale Questions

Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.

  1. Why do humans associate melancholy with the nightingale's song?
  2. Is this poem meant just to address poets, or is it for a wider audience? How can you tell?
  3. How does the form of the poem serve the content? Is there a reason it doesn't rhyme?
  4. Why does Coleridge use allusions in this poem?
  5. Do you agree with the speaker that it's dangerous to project our own emotions onto nature? Why or why not?