Keats Elegized, Immortalized?

What most struck me about Adonais was the personification and imagery of the agents who would take part in mourning Keats (Death, Dreams) as well as the repetitive images of light and flowers. Shelley uses personification, imagery, and repetition of these elements to elevate Keats' genius and attempt to ascribe to him poetic immortality, defying the negative reviews of Keats' contemporary critics. Shelley describes Death in a way that blurs the lines between life and immortality, as "The shadow of white Death...waits to trace/His extreme way to her dim dwelling-place;/" but "nor dares she to deface/So fair a prey", where the "dim dwelling-place" could either be hell or Keats' tomb, and the "fair prey" is Keats himself, too sacred to yet be entirely claimed by Death. It is almost as if Shelley argues that Death refuses to claim Keats until his honor has been vanquished and he is sure to be remembered for his poetic talent; maybe Shelley hopes to accomplish this in his elegy. Shelley also elevates Keats through comparing him to light, the sun, and a flower. Shelley imagines the Dreams of mourners dwelling on Keats, imagining him in his tomb and seeing "...on the silken fringe of his faint eyes,/ Like dew upon a sleeping glower, there lies/A tear...", depicting Keats as a fragile, emotional flower, even in death. He compares Keats' soul leaving his body to the perfume released by blooming flowers, and to bright stars lighting the darkness that is the night sky: "The leprous corpse touched by this spirit tender/Exhales itself in flowers of gentle breath;/Like incarnations of the stars". The comparison of Keats to the objects of flowers and light suggests to the reader that Keats should be remembered as a blooming artist, a beacon of light of sorts.