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1. 1.

   Tick the correct inferences. There could be more than one correct option.

   1. For 'twas the self-same power divine,
      Taught you to sing and me to shine;
      That you with music, I with light,
      Might beautify and cheer the night.
      1. The glow-worm was boasting that it could shine and cheer the night.
      2. The glow-worm was telling the nightingale that both added beauty to the night.
      3. The glow-worm believed that both were equal as they've been created by the same divine power.
   2. The songster heard his short oration,
      And warbling out his approbation,
      Released him, as my story tells,
      And found a supper somewhere else.
      1. The nightingale admired the glow-worm for his point of view and did not eat him but let him go.
      2. The nightingale sang his approval to the glow-worm.
      3. Both the nightingale and the glow-worm agreed not to harm each other.
2. 2.

   What logic did the glow-worm use to persuade the nightingale not to eat him?

3. 3.

   According to the glow-worm,

   1. which gifts did he and the nightingale have?
   2. what were the gifts to be used for?
   3. who had given them these gifts?
4. 4.

   Did the nightingale eat the glow-worm? Why?

5. 5.

   What do you think is the message behind the poem?

6. 6.

   Explain the meanings of these lines in your own words.

   1. He spied far off, upon the ground,
      A something shining in the dark,
      ​​​​​​And knew the glow-worm by his spark.
   2. You would abhor to do me wrong,
      As much as I to spoil your song: