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    Thomas Keats and Frances Jennings gave birth to John Keats on 31 October 1795 at his grandfather’s livery stable in London, United Kingdom.(“Keats, John (1795-1821).”) His father died in a riding accident when John was only 8 years old. As for John’s mother, she died when he was 14 years old due to tuberculosis.(“Keats, John (1795-1821).”) John had two younger brothers, George and Tom, and a younger sister named Fanny. John and his brother’s George and their younger brother went to John Clarke’s

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    be,” John Keats reveals his overbearing fear of dying young. What if he never gets to feel the passions of true love? What if he never gets to write the mountains of books that he wishes to write? What if he never gets to experience the fame that he so desires? Fear of not being able to complete our goals before we die is a fear that lurks in the dark crevices of all of our minds. We must all find a way to fight this fear. Most people do it by blocking it out completely, but not Keats. Keats confronts

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    Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats, the author and narrator, used descript terminology to express the deep-rooted pain he was suffering during his battle with tuberculosis. This poem has eight paragraphs or verses of ten lines each and doesn’t follow any specific rhyme scheme. In the first paragraph, Keats gave away the mood of the whole poem with his metaphors for his emotional and physical sufferings, for example: My heart aches, and drowsy numbness pains My sense (1-2) Keats then went on to explain

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    indifference to stars however, stars are inherently loyal according to the author of “Bright Star, Would I Were Stedfast as Thou Art”, John Keats, a trait that he simultaneously admires and pities. Keats use of personification when describing the stars, is one of the main reasons in why the stars become such an important element of this poem. From the very beginning, Keats main description of the stars in the night sky above us, comprise of very calming and soothing mental image inducing traits. Instead

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    Introduction John Keats was known as the perfectionist of English Poetry. He was born in London on October 31, 1795. John Keats dedicated his short life to the flawlessness of verse checked by clear symbolism, incredible erotic offer and an endeavor to express a rationality through established legend.in 1818 he went on a mobile visit in the Lake District. He had a very painful childhood.His introduction and overexertion on that trek brought on the first side effects of the tuberculosis, which finished

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    Hypothesis: John Keats’ Odes were heavily influence by Classical ideologies which related to the wider philosophy of the Romantic Movement. This essay will apply a Classical perspective to John Keats’ Odes. I will examine how John Keats was inspired by the ideologies of the Greeks and Roman mythology. John Keats based his Odes on Roman myths and Greek artefacts; he used these to explore wider themes that relate to Greek Philosophy. This essay will show how Keats related the wider philosophy of the

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    Bright Star Allusion

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    poems “Bright Star” by John Keats and “Choose Something Like a Star” by Robert Frost are apostrophes that compare the desired and undesired qualities of a star with an aspect of their lives. The authors use personification, diction, metaphor and allusion and both poems address a theme of steadfastness and perpetuity in love and life. Both poems are apostrophes but differ in to whom the speaker of each poem is speaking to and what each speaker wants from the star its self. In Keats’ poem, the speaker

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    In the year of 1819, John Keats, the last of the Romantic poets, was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which he contracted from attempting to nurse his brother back to heath. Alongside the knowledge that his death was surely upon him, Keats published his most distinguished works in that same year. “Ode to a Grecian Urn” was one of five Odes Keats wrote. In this poem, John Keats uses his theory of negative capability to embody his attitude towards the Grecian Urn, thus further explaining the poet’s universal

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    Dying for Sleep

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    The poems To Sleep by John Keats and The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge appear to discuss the joy and agony in sleeping; however, the poetry reveals a deeper meaning than sleep alone with insight into events in the individual poets’ life. Poetry is unique, every reader may have a different interpretation than the previous reader, and there is no such thing as a correct reading of a poem. The interpretation of the following poetry starts out discussing sleep; though, with evidence, this

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    poetry of John Keats reflects the values of Romanticism. The Romantic Era spanned roughly between 1798 and 1832 and its poetry places an emphasis on the imagination, nature and feeling. The Romantic period was associated with imagination as people looked with fresh curiosity into the workings of their own minds, generating ideas that laid a foundation for modern psychology. Romanticism emerged out of the rational thought of the Enlightenment Era into a redemptive and inspiring period. John Keats was born

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