Question

"Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!"

• Which poem begins with this line

• A. The Lark Ascending
• B. To a Skylark
• C. Ode to a Nightingale
• D. The Song of the Skylark

Answer 1

Answer:

B. To a Skylark

• 'To a Skylark' is written by famous English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

• Here the poet addresses the bird as a "blithe spirit" and imagined that is not a fleshy creature, but a spirit, pure and simple.

• Ode to A Skylark' was written in 1820 at Leghorn in Italy.

• It is the best-know of Shelley's lyrics.