 " Ode to a Nightingale " is a personal poem that describes Keats 's journey into the state of negative capability . The tone of the poem rejects the optimistic pursuit of pleasure found within Keats 's earlier poems and , rather , explores the themes of nature , transience and mortality , the latter being particularly personal to Keats . 
 " Ode to a Nightingale " <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a personal poem <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>describes</mark></a> Keats <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>journey into the state of negative capability . The tone of the poem <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>rejects</mark></a> the optimistic pursuit of pleasure found within Keats <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>earlier poems and , rather , <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>explores</mark></a> the themes of nature , transience and mortality , the latter being particularly personal to Keats . 
 Ode to a Nightingale  a personal poem describe Keats  journey into the state of negative capability . The tone of da poem reject tdaoptimistic pursuit of pleasure found within Keats  earlier poems and , rather , explore the themes of nature , transience and mortality , the latter being particularly personal to Keats .