This piece is about how John Keats personifies Death in his Odes

Death: Personified The Romantic period is a time of emotional expression. John Keats uses this movement to convey his personal emotions regarding Death. Through his effective work choice, he paints an image. An image so strong it as though the reader is seeing it on a giant canvas. However, each person's interpretations may vary on some images, but the underlying symbolic representation of Death is apparent to all. He personifies Death in various selections, and …

…felt by person who may be dying, but also for those around them as well. For some Death will come quicker than unto others. We have nothing to fear for living is the test, and Death always greets us with open arms. Works Cited Keats, John. "Ode to a Nightingale." The Norton Anthology World Masterpieces: the Western Tradition. Vol. 2. Ed. Sarah Lawall, Maynard Mack. 500th Fifth Avenue, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1999. 606-608.