Bird Imagery

Question 1

Keats uses bird imagery to suggest Madeline’s fragility, generating pathos at what she shall soon incur
“Soon, _____ in her _____ and _____ nest”

Answer 1

“Soon, trembling in her soft and chilly nest”

Question 2

Here Keats could be suggesting that the previous love and peace is now contaminated: it is now sick
“A ____ forlorn and lost with _____ ______ wing”

Answer 2

“A dove forlorn and lost with sick unpruned wing”

Question 3

Ironically, Porphyro states he will not do what he has effectively done in this poem - Keats could be saying that while it may not be accepted by societal, one can have noble intentions
“I will not ____ thy ____”

Answer 3

“I will not rob thy nest”