Ode to a nightingale

Written in the spring of 1819, 'Ode to a Nightingale' is one of John Keats' most famous odes.

The poem delves into the speaker's deep meditation on time, death, beauty, and human suffering, inspired by the song of a nightingale.

The speaker yearns to escape the sorrows of the world through various means, including alcohol, poetry, and even death, but ultimately realizes the impossibility of fully joining the nightingale's immortal realm.

The poem contrasts the eternal, beautiful song of the nightingale with the mortal, suffering life of humans, highlighting the themes of creative expression, mortality, and the fleeting nature of human experience.