# LXX explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by John Keats.

## What happens

Hum, intoxicated, stumbles through the corridor and falls down the stairs, resulting in his death.

## Themes in this chapter

### Mortality and the Sublime

Hum's sudden death from a drunken fall underscores the fragility of life and the mundane yet final nature of mortality.

## Character check-ins

### Hum

Hum, drunk and unsteady, falls down the stairs and is found dead.

## Key lines

> The Emperor’s horrid bad; yes, that’s my cue!

The Emperor is terrible; that's my signal to act.

_Hum's last words before his fatal accident._

> he fell, being puzzled in his head With liquor and the staircase: verdict⁠— found stone dead

He fell, confused by alcohol and the stairs, and was declared dead.

_The cause and result of Hum's fall._

## Links

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