John Keats is not only one of the greatest poets in English literature, but he is also one of its few heroes. Despite being relatively unknown during his life, Keats became the defining symbol of the late Romantic time period in which he lived Even after his premature death at the young age of twenty-five, Keats's poetry was scrutinized. If not for several profound occurrences in John Keats’s lifetime, and without the friendships that he made, he never would have been able to address the political issues at the time or find a way to release his feelings of heartbreak
John Keats was born on October 31, 1795 on a small farm in London, England to Thomas and Frances Keats. He had a relatively stable early childhood, he lost his father
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After his grandmother became his legal guardian, despite her absence, she decided to send him to a better schooling system. She enrolled him in the Einfeld Academy in England. It was here that Keats became fascinated in literature and poetry. He found that reading provided a comfort for him and almost sent him to another world. He would spend countless hours in the school library studying books on history and poetry. He found solace in the world of reading. After realizing that he had somewhat of a talent for writing, John Keats would go on to win essentially all of the literary awards at the school which gave him the confidence that he needed to begin his own writing career. He also became close to the school's headmaster and one of his teachers, John Clarke, who served as a sort of a father figure to him and encouraged Keats' interest in literature. John Clarke went beyond the normal teaching styles and greatly inspired Keats and his writing style.
Despite Keats enjoying his time and studies at Einfeld, his grandmother had other plans for him. She decided that the best way that he could assist his family was for him to attend medical school. On his own time however, Keats would travel back to Einfeld Academy and discuss book and poetry with his friends and former teachers. These people and these encounters would eventually shape his writing style for the better.
One of John Keats closest friends
Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Dublin. However, he’s family moved to London after he was born. Yeats decided to move to London when he was about 14 years old. After Yeats returned to London he met famous writers like Oscar Wilde, Lionel Johnson and Maud Gonne, this encourage him to write about his Irish heritage. Even though Yeats lived in London for about 14 years “Yeats maintained his cultural roots/Irish nationality” (Poetry Foundation). In addition, this means that Yeats showed his love to where he came from by including Irish legends on his poems and plays.
John Keats was a famous British author in the nineteenth century. He was born in London, England in 1795. His mom died early in his life from tuberculosis and his father died from fatal injuries after falling off a horse. This led him and his younger brothers to be placed under the care of Richard Abbey. At age fifteen Keats was an apprenticed to an apothecary. He wanted to write and not go into to medical but Abbey would not let him. Keats secretly wrote on the side and used some inheritance to fund his writing behind Abbey’s back. In 1816 Keats met Leigh Hunt and decided to pursue being a poet. Hunt actually published Keats first poem and helped him jumpstart his career. His first major poem was “Endymion: A Poetic Romance” . Soon after Endymion was published, Keats started show early symptoms
Keats’ father Benjamin worked as a waiter at a coffee shop in Greenwich Village and was therefore all too familiar with the struggle to make a better life for you and your family. Although he had a great appreciation for Keats’ work, he discouraged him from making it a career for fear that his son would not be able to support himself. On one occasion he went so far ¬¬ to purchase tubes of oil paint and then gave them to Keats under the false pretense that a starving artist had traded them for a bowl of soup. Fortunately for future readers of his works, Jack was not deterred from his passion for art. When Keats graduated from high school he was awarded the senior class medal for excellence in art. In a cruel twist of fate, his father Benjamin died of a heart attack the day before he was set to receive the award. Although his father never saw Jack receive the award, he learned of his support when asked to identify his father’s body. As he checked his father’s wallet after his death he found several preserved article clippings of all of his achievements. His father was proud of Keats and his work and remained a supporter until his last breath.
He attended a one-room school run by his mother and grandmother through the 8th grade. He was an intellectually curious child whose education proceeded according to the Montessori system, Wales spent considerable amounts of time reading encyclopedias. He credits this self-directed upbringing with
Also as a child, he loved nature, and astronomy. In school he was frequently inattentive at private school. His father decided to pull him out at the age of 12. He was homeschooled taught by his Aunt, Father, and private tutors. His Aunt was greatly influenced by Robert G. Ingersoll, while his father was influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
During his lifetime, he managed to remain forever intellectually stimulated, pleasingly honest and open, and amiable. As a result, he became well versed and successfully flourished by immersing his indulged passion for reading voraciously, writing prose, poetry, painting, theater, and music.
While he was growing up, his family was very close and his father thought he was learning too much from books and took them away until he actually started school. His mother died of cancer when he was ten years old, it really hurt him. At age ten he also started school at a boarding school. Then, when he was fifteen he went to Oxford University. While he grew up he had a loving home where everybody was always spending time together as a family (biography.com).
He had very beautiful landmark work he also struggled in college, when we [;p;2l.went on vacations he wrote stories and notes about them. He had 3 major awards as a writer, he had earned the Nobel Prize in literature, National book award, and
According to Gray his mother did not want him to become a writer, he still went on to become one anyway and wrote, “ Things are as they are because they must be” (Steinbeck, Gray) Steinbeck attended Stanford University for five years on and off but never earned a degree. He worked odd jobs involving hard physical labor and this is where he met his close nit friends that he counted on. Gray brought lots of Steinbeck’s life into light for the world to see where his writings are coming from.
•When he was in high school, his talent of writing poems and different types of literature was first recognized by his literature teacher. Later on, she became an important stepping stone for him to start finding his real dream.
in life that he did bad in school so his father would let him pursue his career in art. At this
He was raised in a strict Catholic family, and both of his parents were disciplinarians who were dedicated to training their children into God-fearing and talented individuals. Although his father was deaf, Ernst learned so much from him, particularly when it comes to painting. In fact, much of his early years were lived under the inspiration of his father who was also a teacher. He was the one who introduced painting to Ernst at an early age. In 1914, Ernst attended the University of Bonn where he studied philosophy. However, he eventually dropped out of school because he was more interested in the arts. He claimed that his primary sources of interest included anything that had something to do with painting. Moreover, he became fascinated with psychology, among other subjects in school. Primarily, Ernst's love for painting was the main reason why he became deeply interested with this craft and decided to pursue it later on in his life. During his early years, he became familiar with the works of some of the greatest artists of all time including Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne and Van Gogh. He was also drawn to themes such as fantasy and dream imagery, which were among the common subjects of the works of Giorgio de
I believe it was a former student of his that he invited back to the high school at which he was presently a counselor after being moved by his literature, Inspiration on Demand. Quite frankly his
Because Wilde was raised with many intellectuals in his environment, he had the advantage of an advanced education beyond his years. As an eleven year old boy, he attended Portora Royal School in which he showed great, scholarly achievements. He found his interests in Greek subject matters and also earned awards as a full-fledged scholar. At a adolescent age, he was able to pursue his career as a young scholar by attending Trinity College, where his interests peaked in the classics. He then received a scholarship to Magdalen College of Oxford in 1874. During this time, Wilde went through a great metamorphosis in which he had found himself. Through his professors, he found beliefs of truth and beauty; that art should be valued and adored for its own sake. However, Professor Pater became the most prominent influence to Wilde’s development and pursuit of his sense of self. He emphasized that individuals should lead a life of sensual pleasure, and Wilde wanted to do this through artistic means. By 1848, he graduated with a completed degree and had written a poem called “Ravenna”. With this poem, Wilde won the Newdigate Prize,
for writing. Being a philosophy major, he had a great knowledge for reason but felt that he was