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"Ode to A Nightingale" is a poem in which Keats uses detailed description to contrast natural beauty and reality, life and death. ... The nightingale never has to face the aging process and loss of loved ones. ... " (L 35) being with the nightingale he is already in a place where he is happy. ... He obviously wishes to stay with the nightingale, perhaps because the song makes him happy, but perhaps because he is lonely:
Queen-Moon is on her throne
Clusterd around by all her starry Fays;
But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown (L 36-39)
The queen moon with her starry fairies builds the image of a mother with her children. ...
In the next verse, the nightingale is portrayed as immortal while Keats reasons that human reality includes death: "Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! ... The nightingale is free of judgement and expectations from other "hungry generations" (L 62).
Approximate Word count = 1107
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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