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A literary analysis of John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale"
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"Ode to a Nightingale" "Ode to a Nightingale" was written in the spring of 1819, with Keats in full flow of what some consider to be his true poetic form, that of the ode. As with many of his poems, Keats uses "Nightingale" to convey some of the ideas in his head- "Yet let me tell my sorrow, let me tell| Of what I heard, and how it made me weep"-, mixed with elements of traditional Romantic style. The first stanza has a heavy tone, but still shows the skill of Keats' poetry, with some of the lines being very beautiful imagery and reading like poetry in motion, effortlessly flowing. Belief in the power of the altered state to offer a different perspective on life is a constant theme throughout the poem, beginning here "drowsy numbness...hemlock I had drunk...dull opiate". However, in this poem they seem to be linked with...
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