Research Paper On John Keats

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John Keats took part in a literary movement called Romanticism, a period in England where dissatisfied intellectuals challenged art, literature, music, and philosophy (Keats, 2010). Romantics had a sense of responsibility to use poetry to inspire the people and change society (Forward, 2014). Many critics believed that Keats had no interest in politics or social tendencies and focused more on beauty than truth. Poet Amy Lowell believes that Keats had “only a slight interest in politics, which further inspired his style of expressing human nature beyond the body.” Keats lost his father in a horse accident at eight years old, which shaped his “understanding for the human condition, both in suffering and its loss” (Keats, 2010). Keats’ first poem