John Keats: Senior Paper
Now regarded as a prominent poet, John Keats was a highly controversial in his conception, growing out of a happy childhood into an individual hiding in deep sorrow, being looked down upon by critics, writing strongly out of his pursuit for the deepest meaning for human emotions. Keats, has transcended his previous views and has became a timeless classic, and it is due to his own personal tribulations that he overcame his adversities and prospered through the negativity. John Keats was born in London on October 31st 1795 (Poetry Foundation). He was the son of Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats and had three siblings. It is widely believed, however there is no evidence pointing to this, that John was actually born in …show more content…
As a poet, Keats thought his purpose on earth was to explore the deepest parts of human emotion, and translate that to an artistic format. A lot of writers adopted this concept, as many works of today and throughout the past, and though that is something he believed, he used these emotions to translate them into artistic descriptions of events, instead of consistently addressing the actual emotions therein. In the poem, “A Thing of Beauty,” Keats continuously talks about things that are beautiful in life. Keats is speaking throughout the poem, explaining that things that are beautiful are infinite, and no matter if they disappear throughout time, they will always reappear and make a future generation happy. “We have imagined for the mighty dead; An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven 's brink (Keats).“ Beautiful things find their ways into you eternally, and can make you feel as infinite as they are. The next of Keats’ works to be analyzed is “Imitation of Spenser.” Keats uses an AB-AB rhyme scheme until the final two lines which are both C. The poem begins with the analyzation of a woman awaking in the morning and continuing onwards outside. She traveled downwards to a lake, where a fisherman was doing just that; the fisherman was watching the fish below, as a nearby swan pushed itself by on the lake. So far, the author has produced an air of mystery and wonder using objects and euphemisms that would inspire such feelings. The poem continues on to be observational, watching the things around the woman and commenting on how they affect the mood. This seems to be a recurring theme in Keats’ work, as he seems to be an observational writer, typically pulling from a fictional standpoint and writing from a story-driven basis. The first poem was the same way, and Keats’ writes from the same vein of someone that would be attempting to create a
Now regarded as a prominent poet, John Keats was a highly controversial in his conception, growing out of a happy childhood into an individual hiding in deep sorrow, being looked down upon by critics, writing strongly out of his pursuit for the deepest meaning for human emotions. Keats, has transcended his previous views and has became a timeless classic, and it is due to his own personal tribulations that he overcame his adversities and prospered through the negativity. John Keats was born in London on October 31st 1795 (Poetry Foundation). He was the son of Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats and had three siblings. It is widely believed, however there is no evidence pointing to this, that John was actually born in …show more content…
As a poet, Keats thought his purpose on earth was to explore the deepest parts of human emotion, and translate that to an artistic format. A lot of writers adopted this concept, as many works of today and throughout the past, and though that is something he believed, he used these emotions to translate them into artistic descriptions of events, instead of consistently addressing the actual emotions therein. In the poem, “A Thing of Beauty,” Keats continuously talks about things that are beautiful in life. Keats is speaking throughout the poem, explaining that things that are beautiful are infinite, and no matter if they disappear throughout time, they will always reappear and make a future generation happy. “We have imagined for the mighty dead; An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven 's brink (Keats).“ Beautiful things find their ways into you eternally, and can make you feel as infinite as they are. The next of Keats’ works to be analyzed is “Imitation of Spenser.” Keats uses an AB-AB rhyme scheme until the final two lines which are both C. The poem begins with the analyzation of a woman awaking in the morning and continuing onwards outside. She traveled downwards to a lake, where a fisherman was doing just that; the fisherman was watching the fish below, as a nearby swan pushed itself by on the lake. So far, the author has produced an air of mystery and wonder using objects and euphemisms that would inspire such feelings. The poem continues on to be observational, watching the things around the woman and commenting on how they affect the mood. This seems to be a recurring theme in Keats’ work, as he seems to be an observational writer, typically pulling from a fictional standpoint and writing from a story-driven basis. The first poem was the same way, and Keats’ writes from the same vein of someone that would be attempting to create a