what senses does it evoke the poem ` Ode to a Nightingale`

John Keats ' Ode to a Nightingale and the Sense It Evokes

Ode to a Nightingale is one of the six lyrical odes written by John Keats in 1819 (SparkNotes LLC , 2006 . Arguably dubbed by many as the most beautiful and emotionally-provoking of the series , Ode to a Nightingale surely enhances a slew of different senses - most especially that of hearing - that are further enhanced by a of the lack of the sense of sight . These senses span different emotions from happiness to loneliness and pain to euphoria

In the poem , the speaker

- who is feeling deep grief - experiences visionary happiness ' upon hearing the song of the nightingale (saintjames , 2006 . Upon internalizing the hymn of the nightingale , the speaker dives into imagination : he wishes to wash away his pain through fine wine . Slowly though , the narrator spirals down into wishing for death , with which he feels he 'll be emancipated from his pain . Yet thoughts of not being able to hear the nightingale has made him euphoric and wishing he could fly to thee (Keats , 1819

Ode to Nightingale is indeed emotionally-ridden . Yet these emotions are primarily evoked by the speaker 's ability to hear and his loss of sight Most of the thoughts and imaginations that were described stems from a heightened sense of the narrator 's hearing . This amplified sensory perception was brought about by the establishment of the fact that the protagonist is engulfed in blackness and cannot really see : this is made clear in phrases such as But here there is no light , I cannot see what flowers are at my feet / Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs , and embalmid darkness (Keats , 1819

One cannot deny that Keats produced an impassioned work with Ode to a Nightingale . Anybody who pauses to admire the beauty of this particular poetry will attest to its power of enhancing the sense of hearing and perhaps imagination through the loss of the sense of sight

REFERENCES

Keats , John (1819 . Ode to a Nightingale . In The Oxford Book of English Verse : 1250-1900 (624 Arthur Quiller-Couch , ed . Retrieved December 10 , 2007 , from http /www .bartleby .com /101 /624 .html

saintjames (2006 , August 9 . Critical Analysis of "Ode to a Nightingale " by John Keats . In echeat . Retrieved December 10 , 2007 , from http /www .echeat .com /essay .php ?t 31196

SparkNotes LLC (2006 . Ode to a Nightingale . In SparkNotes .com Retrieved December 10 , 2007 , from http /www .sparknotes .com /poetry /keats /section3 .rhtml

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