He realises the transitory nature of human life; and by the end of stanza six recognises that the Nightingale would not cease to sing if he were to die "Still wouldst thou sing, an I have ears in vain- To thy high requiem become a sod." ... The more that the happiness of the Nightingale is shown by Keats as it "singist in summer of full fronted ease", the more pain it ultimately brings to the poet. ... They inherently show through lines such as "She dwells with Beauty- Beauty that must die" the inescapable truth of reality, that which Keats himself termed "misery, heartbreak, pain, sickness an...

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