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In his poem 'To a Skylark', why does Percy Bysshe Shelley address the bird as a 'blithe spirit'?
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- 1Because the bird serves as an emblem of sorrow and death
- 2Because the bird represents untroubled happiness, pure art, and transcendent joy✓
- 3Because the bird's song is heard but the bird itself is rarely visible
- 4Because the skylark is a supernatural, mythological entity
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Because the bird represents untroubled happiness, pure art, and transcendent joy
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