Romantic Period LiveLesson Participation (Copy)

LiveLesson 2/5 Exit Ticket: Give an example of personification from one of the poems we covered in class today and how it relates or creates an effect on the meaning in the poem.

One example of personification from the poems we covered in class today is in John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale," where the nightingale is described as "Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!" This personification of the nightingale as immortal adds a sense of timelessness and eternal beauty to the bird's song, emphasizing the idea of escapism and transcendence found throughout the poem. The nightingale becomes a symbol of the speaker's longing for a world beyond mortality, enhancing the emotional depth of the poem.