Bright Star

John Keats' poem Bright Star primarily uses personification in its descriptions of the star.  The speaker describes it as "watching, with eternal lids apart..." (Keats, 792).  Obviously, stars do not have eyes or eyelids to watch or keep apart; hence the use of personification.  I noticed that the speaker wanted to emulate some characteristics of the star, while also wanting to be different in other ways.  The speaker wants his love with another to be "steadfast" and "unchangeable", as a star is.  His love, like a bright star, would be dazzling, brilliant, heated, and lasting.  He wants a love that will last without wearing out or dulling.  He longs to be with his true love for all of eternity, or die if he cannot.  But then he mixes in statements implying that he does not want to be like a star in some ways.  He acknowledges the fact that the star is alone in the night sky.  He does not wish for solitude, because he is either deeply in love, or anticipating a great love in the future.