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ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE 'Ode to a nightingale' is, superficially praise for the nightingale's song. But on looking deeper it is about Keats' his search for a way to transcend this world and all the pain associated with it. He probably wrote this ode after he became ill and when he had accepted his sad fate. Keats writes this ode in the first person, which makes this ode almost confessional. Keats first describes the immense joy that bordered on pain that he felt on hearing the nightingale's song. This hints that he wanted the song to help him transcend this world. Keats says that his heart was aching with a 'drowsy', numb pain. The words 'numbness pains' are an oxymoron and a paradox, this hints at Keats' confusion as well as his intoxication. He says that his senses were dulled as though he had drunk the juice of the hemlock-...

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