"Ode to a Nightingale" Quotes
Explanation: This line emphasizes the eternal nature of the nightingale's song and its ability to transcend mortality."Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!"
Explanation: The speaker wants to fly to the nightingale, not through physical means like Bacchus’s wine-fueled celebrations, but by the spiritual power of poetry.“Away! away! for I will fly to thee,
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
But on the viewless wings of Poesy,”
Explanation: This line conveys that the word "forlorn" has a melancholic and resonant quality. It illustrates the power of language in evoking emotions."Forlorn! the very word is like a bell."
Explanation: In these lines from John Keats' questions whether the experience of hearing the nightingale's music was a vivid vision or a dream and whether their current state is one of wakefulness or sleep.“Was it a vision, or a waking dream?
Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?”