"Ode to a Nightingale"

This poem is deep, I think he referring to himself as the nightingale but he uses the nightingale to represent the side of him that is the poet. He seems to refer to himself when speaking about the old men and youth in the poem. He as a man sees all the ugliness in the world but as a poet he can rise abouve it " like a nightingale" and bring beautiful poetry to the world.