Ode on Indolence Inertia Quotes

Keats borrows from the Bible here, using a verse that talks about how little the flowers toil. They are about as inert as anything, the verse says, and yet they still look beautiful. If the flowers can be lazy, why can't a poet?

The speaker wonders if the figures are conspiring to steal his idleness. And since the figures are his own dreams personified, he is really wondering if he himself is coming to interrupt his own laziness. His ambitions, love, and poetry keep coming to steal his precious nap time.

The speaker is so numb that he can feel neither sharp pain nor extreme pleasure. In fact, he may not really be able to feel anything at all. Is laziness just a way to avoid having feelings? The speaker seems to think so.