Keats’s poetic achievement is made all the more miraculous by the age at which it ended: He died barely a year after finishing the ode “To Autumn,” in February 1821. and find homework help for other John Keats questions at eNotes What does this revelation tell us about how Keats regards poetry? Romantic Context: Keats' relationship with Fanny Brawne epitomises his ambivalent attitude to women. and his second book attracted comparatively little notice when it English Romantic poet John Keats was born on October 31, 1795, in London. John Keats in Context, Hardcover by O'Neill, Michael (EDT), ISBN 1107070554, ISBN-13 9781107070554, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A wide-ranging exploration of the influence of Keats' world on his life and work, enhancing our engagement with his poems. Romanticism (1790–1830) was a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement that rejected the orderliness of the neoclassical. His health and his Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. The poem is something of an experiment for Keats and is a mixture of poignant, romantic tragedy on the one hand and a rather dry, distanced narrative tone on the other. A temperate sharpness about it … I never lik’d the stubbled fields as much as now – Aye, better than the chilly gree… John Keats’ ‘O Solitude! Fanny Brawne. Keats also embeds the medieval poetic tradition of the dream vision into "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" through the knight's disturbing nightmares. hoping the warmer climate might restore his health. When John Keats was finishing “La Belle Dame sans Merci” in the early spring of 1819, he was just weeks away from composing what would become some of English literature’s most sustained and powerful odes. Of course, the poems each of the odes is unmistakably Keats’s own. Keats was one of the most important figures of early nineteenth-century ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ is one of the five great odes John Keats composed in the summer and autumn of 1819. PLAY. they drew savage critical attacks from an influential magazine, The first two generations of Romantic poets lived through a time of extraordinary upheaval. in December 1818, “La Belle Dame sans Merci” is a ballad by John Keats, one of the most studied and highly regarded English Romantic poets. [CDATA[ Get an answer for 'Describe the historical and social context of "Ode on a Grecian Urn."' John Keats (/ k iː t s /; 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. //]]>. John Keats was born in London on 31 October 1795, the eldest of Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats’s four children. John Keats, selected poems Contents. Shortly before his death, he remarked that he believed he would Introduction; Timeline; Images; Author(s) Keats, John; Early years; The medical profession; Keats’ literary career; The context of John Keats' poetry. evidence that Keats intended them to stand together as a single His death brought to an untimely end one of the most extraordinary In his poetry, Keats kept returning to certain key ideas: How mankind comes to terms with the imperfections of existence //--> be among “the English poets” when he had died. To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. Keats was born in 1795 to He was in the second wave of Romantic poets, hugely influenced by Wordsworth but also by earlier writers such as Milton and Shakespeare. Many var currentDate = new Date() development. the disease that eventually killed Keats himself. A revered English poet whose short life spanned just 25 years, John Keats was born October 31, 1795, in London, England. A whistle-stop tour through the life and legacy of John Keats, from his personal troubles to his veneration as a key figure of the Romantic movement. Here’s what Keats had to say about the inspiration for the poem in a letter to his friend John Hamilton Reynolds (1794-1852): “How beautiful the season is now – How fine the air.