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1795-1821. British Romantic poet. Wrote about Grecian Urns, Nightingales and Belles Dames. | 1795-1821. British Romantic poet. Wrote about Grecian Urns, Nightingales and Belles Dames. | ||
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==Life== | |||
John Keats was born 31 October 1795 in London and died at the early age of 25 on the 23 February 1821 in Rome. | |||
His father passed away on 16 April 1804 when he fell from a horse and was seriously injured. His mother remarried in the following year. She died in 1810 of tuberculosis. Hereupon John Keats was apprenticed to the surgeon Mr. Hammond in Edmonton. Six years later on 31 October 1816 he withdrew from the medical world and dedicated his life to poetry. He published his first poems the same year. | |||
On 1 December 1818 his brother Tom died of tuberculosis. As a result of that he moved to his friend Charles Brown to Wentworth Place. Here he became acquainted with Fanny Brawne, with whom he got engaged at the end of January 1819. Due to his bad financial situation there was no prospect of marriage. In this year he composed his most famous poems for example "Ode on Indolence", "La Belle Dame sans Merci", "On Fame", "To Psyche", "Ode to a Nightingale", "Lamia" and "To Autumn". What are acknowledged as Romantic masterpieces, not many people deemed relevant in Keats's lifetime. He was often derided as mere "Cockney" poet. | |||
On 3 February 1820 his state of health suddenly became critical due to the first outbreak of tuberculosis. In September he decided to travel to Italy with his friend Joseph Severn. In Rome he suffered another attack of his illness which he succumbed to on 23 February 1821. He was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. | |||
==Works== | |||
''To ****'' (1816) | |||
''O Solitude!'' (1816) | |||
''To My Brother George'' (1816) | |||
''To my Brothers'' (1816) | |||
''I stood tip-toe'' (1816) | |||
''Sleep and Poetry'' (1817) | |||
''To Haydon'' (1817) | |||
''To the Nile'' (1818) | |||
''Epistle to John Hamilton Reynolds'' (1818) | |||
''Ode to Fanny'' (1819) | |||
''Ode to Indolence'' (1819) | |||
''La Belle Dame sans Merci'' (1819) | |||
''On Fame'' (1819) | |||
''To Sleep'' (1819) | |||
''To Psyche'' (1819) | |||
''Ode to a Nightingale'' (1819) | |||
''Otho the Great'' (1819) | |||
''Lamia'' (1819) | |||
''To Autumn'' (1819) | |||
''Sonnet to George Keats: written in Sickness'' (1820) | |||
''Bright Star, would I were stedfast'' (1820) | |||
==Sources:== | |||
Gothein, Marie. ''John Keats – Leben und Werke.'' Halle: Niemeyer, 1897. | |||
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/keats_john.shtml | |||
http://sensitivitytothings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/john-keats.jpg | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:32, 2 December 2010
1795-1821. British Romantic poet. Wrote about Grecian Urns, Nightingales and Belles Dames.
Life
John Keats was born 31 October 1795 in London and died at the early age of 25 on the 23 February 1821 in Rome.
His father passed away on 16 April 1804 when he fell from a horse and was seriously injured. His mother remarried in the following year. She died in 1810 of tuberculosis. Hereupon John Keats was apprenticed to the surgeon Mr. Hammond in Edmonton. Six years later on 31 October 1816 he withdrew from the medical world and dedicated his life to poetry. He published his first poems the same year.
On 1 December 1818 his brother Tom died of tuberculosis. As a result of that he moved to his friend Charles Brown to Wentworth Place. Here he became acquainted with Fanny Brawne, with whom he got engaged at the end of January 1819. Due to his bad financial situation there was no prospect of marriage. In this year he composed his most famous poems for example "Ode on Indolence", "La Belle Dame sans Merci", "On Fame", "To Psyche", "Ode to a Nightingale", "Lamia" and "To Autumn". What are acknowledged as Romantic masterpieces, not many people deemed relevant in Keats's lifetime. He was often derided as mere "Cockney" poet.
On 3 February 1820 his state of health suddenly became critical due to the first outbreak of tuberculosis. In September he decided to travel to Italy with his friend Joseph Severn. In Rome he suffered another attack of his illness which he succumbed to on 23 February 1821. He was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome.
Works
To **** (1816)
O Solitude! (1816)
To My Brother George (1816)
To my Brothers (1816)
I stood tip-toe (1816)
Sleep and Poetry (1817)
To Haydon (1817)
To the Nile (1818)
Epistle to John Hamilton Reynolds (1818)
Ode to Fanny (1819)
Ode to Indolence (1819)
La Belle Dame sans Merci (1819)
On Fame (1819)
To Sleep (1819)
To Psyche (1819)
Ode to a Nightingale (1819)
Otho the Great (1819)
Lamia (1819)
To Autumn (1819)
Sonnet to George Keats: written in Sickness (1820)
Bright Star, would I were stedfast (1820)
Sources:
Gothein, Marie. John Keats – Leben und Werke. Halle: Niemeyer, 1897.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/keats_john.shtml
http://sensitivitytothings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/john-keats.jpg
