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John Keats- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - 3 views

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    • nicole cady
       
      Keats continues to have a rough life.. he couldn't get married to the woman he loved. His life experiences must have contributed to his writing a lot.
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Ode on a Grecian Urn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

  • It was only by the mid-19th century that it began to be praised, although it is now considered to be one of the greatest odes in the English language
    • nicole cady
       
      Its interesting and unfortunate how poets' work often isn't celebrated until after they've died. I wonder why that is
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Life of Keats - 1 views

    • nicole cady
       
      Keat's rough childhood probably had a big influence on his writing. I wonder if he turned to writing as an escape
  • Poetry was the provenance of the noble and wealthy who possessed the leisure and education to indulge in wordplay.  John Keats could not afford such a lifestyle.
  • Whilst attending lectures, he [Keats] would sit & instead of Copying out the lecture, would often scribble some doggerel rhymes, among the Notes of Lecture
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    • nicole cady
       
      Shows his true enjoyment of poetry, unlike others at the time who saw it as a pastime 
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