John Keats Research Paper

John Keats was an English poet who dedicated his life to the perfection of poetry. Despite his short life, Keats was shaped by human experiences causing him to become one of the greatest English poets. Keats’ life began as an average English boys life, but quickly aspired to something else, shaping his poetry forever. In his famous poem “Ode to a Nightingale” Keats represents his simple yet bold form of writing. The creative life of Keats began with his birth in England on “October 31st, 1795” (Biography) to Thomas and Frances Keats’. Keats’ had the life of an average English boys until death played a hand in his life. When Keats was eight years old, his father was trampled by a horse in a nearby stable and was killed instantly. This had a

Keats was continually brought back to his love of poetry and the fine arts. Through connections of Cowden Clarke, Keats’ friend, Keats met troublemaker Leigh Hunt. As Hunt and Keats explored the world of literature together, Hunt became a strong supporter of Keats’ work and became his publisher. Through the friendship of Cowden Clarke, Keats was able to meet highly regarded poets which opened his eyes to a new world. Hunt greatly impacted Keats’ writings having a profound impact on what Keats’ wrote. Because of this, Keats’ wrote a sonnet labeled Written on the Day that Mr. Leigh Hunt Left Prison which tells of Keats’ appreciation for Hunt. Although Keats did not follow the medical path that he was on, he followed his heart back to literature where it would remain (Biography).

As a result of the many resources Keats’ new friends had in the literature world, Keats was able to publish his first work of poetry called Poems by John Keats. A year later, Keats published a large poem called “Endymion” reflecting his bold style of writing. This poem was negatively critiqued by many and caused Keats to examine his poetry writing. Shortly after producing “Endymion”, Keats wrote “Negative Capability”, a strong poem that describes how humans are more capable than they give themselves credit to