Read the verse. from “ode to a nightingale” by john keats verse vi darkling i listen; and, for many a time i have been half in love with easeful death, called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, to take into the air my quiet breath; now more than ever seems it rich to die, to cease upon the midnight with no pain, while thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad in such an ecstasy! still wouldst thou sing, and i have ears in vain— to thy high requiem become a sod. what is the speaker saying in the last two lines of this verse? if he were to die, he would no longer hear the singing. he is wondering if he has already died. he is wishing he could become like the nightingale. the song has become too painful for him to listen to.

He is wishing he could become like the nightingale.

Explanation:

In the stanza, the speaker is telling about the death and how is he calling for it. He thinks that in death "Now more than ever seems it rich to die". The death brings relief and the speaker is calling her name with love.

In the last two lines of the stanza, there is a will of the speaker who would sing a song but he can't. He imagines the disappearance of the physical world and sees himself as dead as the earth over which the nightingale sings. He wants to sing like a nightingale but " Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod." Metaphorically his ears became a sod and he can not hear a song. Even though he wants to sing, his wish can not be pleased. He wants to be like a nightingale.

answer: #1 is (a) however

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