The Life Work And Quotes Of John Keats

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The Life Work And Quotes Of John Keats

John Keats belongs to the second generation of Romantic Poetry. He was born on 31st October 1795 in London, England and sadly died at the very young age of only 26. Keats suffered from tuberculosis and died on 23rd February 1821 in Rome, Papal States. He is one of the greatest English Romantic Poets. He was introduced to Leigh Hunt who inspired him to be a poet.

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His poems received severe criticism including "Endymion" but after his death, he gained much popularity and by the end of the 19th century he had become one of the most beloved of all English Poets. His poetry is marked by sensual imagery, poetical sense of beauty in words and sounds, vivid imagination, extreme emotions, and a rich descriptive power. He is famous for his great Odes.

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When I Have Fears

John Keats

When I have Fears that I may cease to be

Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,

Before high-piled books, in charact'ry

Hold like rich garners the full-ripened grain;

When I behold, upon the night's starred face,

Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,

And think that I may never live to trace

Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;

And 

And I shall never look upon thee more,

Never have relish in the faery power

Of unreflecting love! O then, on the shore

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think

Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.

John Keats' Famous Quotes

1- A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
John Keats

2- Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
John Keats

3- I love you the more in that, I believe you liked me, for my own sake and for nothing else.
John Keats

4- I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.
John Keats

5- I don't need the stars in the night. I found my treasure. All I need is you by side so shine forever.
John Keats