# XLIII explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by John Keats.

## What happens

Isabel resolves to secretly go to the forest to find Lorenzo's remains, taking an aged nurse with her to sing a final lullaby to the clay she so dearly prizes.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Loss

Isabel's devotion to Lorenzo drives her to seek his remains in the forest.

### Sorrow and Melancholy

The dismal forest-hearse and Isabel's plan to sing a lullaby to the clay evoke deep sorrow.

## Character check-ins

### Isabel

Resolves to secretly visit the forest to find Lorenzo's clay and sing a lullaby.

### Lorenzo

His remains are the dearly prized clay Isabel seeks.

## Key lines

> When the full morning came, she had devised How she might secret to the forest hie; How she might find the clay, so dearly prized, And sing to it one latest lullaby;

At dawn, Isabel planned how to secretly go to the forest to find Lorenzo's remains and sing a final lullaby to them.

_Isabel's determination to honor Lorenzo's memory._

> Resolved, she took with her an aged nurse, And went into that dismal forest-hearse.

Determined, she brought an old nurse and entered the gloomy forest that served as a tomb.

_The forest is described as a hearse, emphasizing death and mourning._

## Links

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