John Keats

John Keats
ENG. 151 5:30
17 October 2001

“Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know” (from ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’) (Amazon 1). John Keats was a misunderstood English Romantic poet in the early Eighteenth century from 1795-1821. He is known mostly for his letters; which gave critics a better understanding of his poems such as his famous Ode poems. He was not respected until after his death. It is apparent now that he was great “Certainly it is because of his letters that we have a more exact and vivid view of John Keats than of any other Romantic poet” (Dictionary 2). The letters written to the family and friends of John Keats have given us a glimpse into the life of this poetic genius.
John Keats continued writing while struggling to get to the top, in spite of the many obstacles in his life and continued writing. He also had a fight against Tuberculosis beginning in1818, which would one day become the shortcoming...