In the opening stanza to what things does the speaker compare the effectof the nightingale’s song?

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  • He compares the effect of the song—which, he says, makes his heart ache and fills him with a “drowsy numbness”—to drinking hemlock or some other opiate. The speaker describes the song as taking him “Lethe-wards,” which is to suggest that the song helps him forget life’s sorrows. The seemingly magical nature of this process is underscored by his comparison of the bird to a Dryad— a wood nymph out of Greek mythology.

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