John Keats was born in London on October 31, 1795 and became one of history's greatest poets. Before he got into poetry, at age 15, Keats was an apprentice to a surgeon at Guy’s Hospital. He made medicine, prepared leeches, and also did some bookkeeping. Around 1817, Keats started to write poetry. Then in 1818, after both of his parents passing, his brother Tom became sick with Tuberculosis, also known as consumption. Keats ends up caring for him until his death in December 1818.
By this time, John Keats already figured out he had consumption and yet still continued writing poetry. He met Fanny Brawne, and immediately fell in love with her. Hi poetry shifts and he starts writing a few little love poems about her, a famous one being “Bright Star” Poetry, even from times long forgotten, is still relevant to society today. The music people listen to, the plays people watch, and the books …show more content…
In Keats’ Lamia, he gives Lamia a underlying goodness of hope. She knows that it is a long shot to get Lycius to fall in love with her, but she takes the chance. Lycius, only briefly meeting Lamia in her human form, falls in love with her beauty. Keats says they were “Happy in beauty, life, and love and every thing” (Lamia, 298). This lets the reader know that the characters were focused on what they love about the other person. Nature was also idealized in the romanticism era. Keats talks about how Lamia is in a beautiful valley and how the flowering weeds were all around. When you look for idealism in “To Autumn” it’s pretty easy to find since the poem is completely about nature, superficially. Keats starts the poem with “Seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness” (Keats, 1). Even as he starts to shift from the focus of superficial nature, Keats still compares death to the objects around him. In the third stanza, Keats says, “ Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies”, which is another way he prophesied his upcoming death (Keats,
By this time, John Keats already figured out he had consumption and yet still continued writing poetry. He met Fanny Brawne, and immediately fell in love with her. Hi poetry shifts and he starts writing a few little love poems about her, a famous one being “Bright Star” Poetry, even from times long forgotten, is still relevant to society today. The music people listen to, the plays people watch, and the books …show more content…
In Keats’ Lamia, he gives Lamia a underlying goodness of hope. She knows that it is a long shot to get Lycius to fall in love with her, but she takes the chance. Lycius, only briefly meeting Lamia in her human form, falls in love with her beauty. Keats says they were “Happy in beauty, life, and love and every thing” (Lamia, 298). This lets the reader know that the characters were focused on what they love about the other person. Nature was also idealized in the romanticism era. Keats talks about how Lamia is in a beautiful valley and how the flowering weeds were all around. When you look for idealism in “To Autumn” it’s pretty easy to find since the poem is completely about nature, superficially. Keats starts the poem with “Seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness” (Keats, 1). Even as he starts to shift from the focus of superficial nature, Keats still compares death to the objects around him. In the third stanza, Keats says, “ Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies”, which is another way he prophesied his upcoming death (Keats,