Ode to a Nightingale

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Ode to a Nightingale is a celebrated Romantic lyric poem by John Keats that meditates on mortality, beauty, and the transcendent power of art through the symbol of the nightingale’s song.

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instanceOf Romantic poem ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author John Keats ⓘ
compositionContext written during Keats’s stay at Wentworth Place ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation one of John Keats’s greatest poems ⓘ
one of the most celebrated odes in English literature ⓘ
famousLine Away! away! for I will fly to thee ⓘ
Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget ⓘ
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! ⓘ
Was it a vision, or a waking dream? ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1819 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Annals of the Fine Arts ⓘ
form ode ⓘ
genre ode ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Romantic period ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter (predominantly) ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 8 ⓘ
openingLine My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains ⓘ
partOf Keats’s 1819 odes ⓘ
period 1810s ⓘ
placeWritten Hampstead ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
relatedWorkByAuthor Ode on Indolence ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy ⓘ
Ode on a Grecian Urn ⓘ
Ode to Psyche ⓘ
To Autumn ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABABCDECDE (typical stanza pattern) ⓘ
setting garden at Wentworth Place, Hampstead ⓘ
subject contrast between human suffering and bird’s song ⓘ
limits of poetic imagination ⓘ
meditation on death ⓘ
symbol nightingale ⓘ
nightingale’s song ⓘ
symbolismOfNightingale art’s apparent immortality ⓘ
transcendent beauty ⓘ
theme art as transcendence ⓘ
beauty ⓘ
escapism ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
nature ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
transience of human life ⓘ
tone contemplative ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
yearWritten 1819 ⓘ

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John Keats → notableWork → Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ
Otras inquisiciones → hasPart → El ruiseñor de Keats ⓘ
linked to: Ode to a Nightingale
John Keats → notableWork → Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ
subject linked to: Enfield Academy
Fanny Brawne → connectedToWork → Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ
Wentworth Place, Hampstead → significantWorkComposed → “Ode to a Nightingale” ⓘ
linked to: Ode to a Nightingale
Ode on a Grecian Urn → relatedWork → Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ
Ode on Melancholy → associatedWith → Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ
John Keats → notableWork → Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Ode on Indolence → relatedWork → Ode to a Nightingale ⓘ