He also used allusion by mentioning Philomel, who was raped and had her tongue cut out by Tereus. He used this poem as an analogy of what poets feel when they write poems for their audience. John Keats uses personification to give the nightingale human characteristics so he can compare his emotions and the bird’s song. The poem is structured into the various parts of a bird’s song with iambic pentameter, which are five beats per line in each verse. In this ode, each stanza contains three quatrain’s that have a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. The poem itself is an ode, which is different from most poems because it includes musical devices such as rhythm and rhyme scheme to reflect the sound of the nightingale’s song. The poem was written by John Keats so he could be inside his room and think about the bird’s song while it happened outside his window. The poem begins with a contemporary nightingale, who sings upon a blooming rose outside John Keats’ window in May of 1819. Romanticism is known for its emphasis on ‘the sublime’ and emotions. The Romantics stressed individualism over traditional rules of aesthetics and expected emotional response from the audience. Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that began in Europe through a return to nature, medievalist, and a fascination with folk art and folklore. This poem is from the Romantic era period.
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