- John Keats was an English Romantic poet
Born: | 31 October 1795 Comment | When did John Keats die? / Died | 23 February 1821 | How many years did John Keats live? / Lived | 25 years | Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
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John Keats facts
- He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his work having been in publication for only four years before his death
- Although his poems were not generally well received by critics during his lifetime, his reputation grew after his death, and by the end of the 19th century, he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets
- He had a significant influence on a diverse range of poets and writers
- Jorge Luis Borges stated that his first encounter with Keats's work was the most significant literary experience of his life
- The poetry of Keats is characterised by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes
- This is typical of romantic poets, as they aimed to accentuate extreme emotion through the emphasis of natural imagery
- Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analysed in English literature
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