What is the primary theme of 'Ode to a Nightingale'?

Nature's beauty

The fleeting nature of life

Love

The struggle for truth

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B. The fleeting nature of life

The primary theme is the fleeting nature of life, contrasting the immortal song of the nightingale with human mortality.

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