a symbol of immortality. For this reason, lines 13 and 14 can be interpreted to mean that Keats did not want to die, but wanted to be born again to live the life he wanted.
             The second poem used to show the impact of death on Keats' poetry is his "Ode to a Nightingale" (portico). Line 1 describes how Keats felt pain in his heart, maybe from the distance between himself and Fanny Brawne, and a drowsy numbness over the rest of his body.
             He speaks in line 3 of how he feels as if he took some strong drug just a minute before. Line 4 says how Keats feels as though he had drank from the river Lethe. Lethe is the river of forgetfulness in Hades and originates form Greek and Roman mythology. All of these things point out a miserable and depressed feeling. People speak of pain in their hearts from loneliness. The poisoned, mindless feeling is often a sign of despair and depression too. It seems that Keats was trying to describe the despair, depression, and loneliness in his life. He would be lonely form the early death of his parents. The rest of the poem talks about how the nymphs of the woods, the Dryads, sing their s
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