This poem ends by asking "Do I wake or sleep?"
This poem uses sod as a representation of death. The seventh stanza of this poem mentions the sad heart of Ruth standing in tears "amid the alien corn". In its fourth stanza the poet states he will fly, not "charioted by Bacchus" but instead on the "viewless wings of Poesy". This poem ends by asking "Do I wake or sleep?" and it opens with its narrator exclaiming that he felt like he just drank hemlock because his senses are numb and his heart aches. Later, the poet exclaims that the title creature "was not born for death". For 10 points, name this John Keats poem dedicated to a bird.
This poem uses sod as a representation of death. The seventh stanza of this poem mentions the sad heart of Ruth standing in tears "amid the alien corn".
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