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"In many of his poems, Keats starts out from the familiar and everyday but quickly takes off into different territory." In the light of this comment, explore Keats's poetic methods in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.
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"In many of his poems, Keats starts out from the familiar and everyday but quickly takes off into different territory." In the light of this comment, explore Keats's poetic methods in 'Ode to a Nightingale'. The opening lines tell of how his senses are dulled, Keats draws on the effects of alcohol to liken this feeling to, "as though of hemlock I had drunk", although crucial to help the reader understand his pain, Keats starts the poem with a very menial subject of dulled senses. "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains / My sense," this first line is used by Keats to contrast the numbness with pain, as if the fact he feels nothing hurts him, this beginning is similar to Shakespearian plays where a character talks as if to himself/herself but the audience gains a lot intelligence of what they are feeling. Keats is soon drawn away from...
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