Stay, Ruby Breated Warbler, Stay
Stay, Ruby Breated Warbler, Stay - meaning Summary
Love Compared to a Song
Keats addresses a ruby-breasted warbler, asking it to stay while he compares its song to the power of love. The bird’s music awakens blossoms and comforts through storms; similarly, loving words brighten youth’s pleasures and console in grief. The poem links nature’s sustaining song with human affection, presenting love as a gentle, restorative force that endures beyond changing seasons and losses.
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