Bright Star

Bright Star by John Keats

The most evident literary device used by Keats throughout this poem that is the basis of his work is apostrophe. For almost the entire poem the speaker addresses the star as if it were a coherent  living, breathing person. Keats writes, "Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art" (Keats 792). Keats uses this apostrophe to compare the differences of the speaker and the star more easily. For the speaker, addresses that he does not wish to be alone like the solitary star. Unlike the "sleepless Eremite", the speaker is not alone but with his lover (Keats 792). What he feels as he lays with the one he loves is so blissful that he would not change places even with a magnificent star that can witness all the shores and mountaintops. That is the poets main reason of utilizing apostrophe, in order to further intensify the emotion that the speaker feels. One can feel his "pleasant unrest" as he dismisses the star. For simply laying so close to his lover contains all the happiness he seeks.