Question

What is the main idea of this excerpt from "Ode to a Nightingale"?

Away! away! for I will fly to thee,
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
But on the viewless wings of Poesy. ...

A)The speaker will follow the nightingale, using his poetry.

B)The speaker will follow the nightingale by designing wings.

C)The speaker will follow the nightingale with the help of a Greek god.

D)The speaker will follow the nightingale by riding on another bird's wings.

Answer 1

A
It can not be C because Bacchus is a Greek God and it says “not charioteer by Bacchus and his lards”
Poesy means poetry.
So it must be A