John Keats Research Paper
Many people in today’s world are suffering due to their enhanced focus on their limitations, while neglecting their numerous talents, which causes great emotional suffering. In John Keats’s Odes, he developed a humble acceptance of both his limitations and talents through the immense suffering that he endured throughout his life. This view was also shown in The Breakfast Club where a brilliant young man, Brian Johnson, was upset by his inability to create a lamp in shop class so he contemplated committing suicide. Brian was so concerned about failing shop class that he overlooked all of his other high grades. This story showed how the ability to accept limitations with humility and talents with gratitude was mandatory for the human mind to remain in a peaceful state. Poetry is a good way to understand this goal because through it one can perfectly see the emotional struggle of trying to accept oneself through
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changing syllable stress, line lengths, as well as syllables. Poetry is also a great way to express this goal because it can help to tell others that they are not alone. This suffering caused by the inability to accept one’s limitations is seen in the writings of the Romantic poet, John Keats.
John Keats was an Englishmen that wrote about the eventual acceptance of limitations that caused much suffering (Kissane 6). He lived from 1795-1821 and was one of the leading poets of the second generation of Romanticism (Kissane 2). Keats wrote many poems outside of his odes, including his masterpiece “Hyperion” (Kissane 4). His biggest contributions to the world was the letters he wrote to his family and his odes that he wrote on suffering (Kissane 1). John Keats’s odes exemplify the suffering brought on from the inability to accept both talents and limitations with humility and gratitude (Kissane 1). This suffering exemplified over the inability to accept a limitation is what binds the four poems together (Kissane 1). However, through events in the poem, such as the spotting of the nightingale, the sight of the urn, the introduction to Psyche, and the declaration of sadness, the speaker learns to accept both talents and limitations with humility and gratitude (Henry 187). Thus, these four poems show that through suffering one can begin to accept both his or her’s limitations and talents with humility (Henry 188). The accepting of limitations is not merely great for mental health, but rather it shows that one is openly ready to improve.
Being Open to Growth requires an active pursuit for improving, while consistently trying to understand the complexities of life This subgoal relates to the other’s in the category because all of the subgoals within Open to Growth speak about an understanding or an awareness that one can constantly strive to become better. This is shown by the words used in some of the subgoals such as “is beginning”, “is learning”, and “is developing”. Within my subgoal there are important words that one should have a strong knowledge of the meaning of the word.In a sentence humility can be used as: Bob felt humility over his perfect grades, and when asked by his peers on how he does so well, Bob replied, “I just get lucky.” Thus, humility is where one should not have a strong ego, but rather to acknowledge their unimportance in the world. In a sentence, gratitude can be used as: John felt gratitude to the Lord for helping him battle his limitations, while blessing him with his talents. Gratitude is thankfulness for the talents that one possesses. Acceptance in a sentence can be used as Billy accepted both his shortcomings and his accomplishments with joy. Acceptance is the ability to welcome qualities of oneself without fear. Ruth Burrows argues that humans need to accept God, display humility, and to be grateful to the Lord, while Richard Patterson argues that loving yourself, though difficult, is a mandate from the Lord.
Ruth Burrows believes that not accepting one’s talents with humility goes against God, and that one should combat limitations through praying to the Lord (Burrows 18). This is shown as Burrows mentions the Nicene Creed (Burrows 18). In this prayer, it is stated that “I believe in one God” (Burrows 18). Burrows explains that Jesus taught that in order to enter into the kingdom of God, one must renounce self-glorification (Burrows 19). Burrows believes that one can attempt to battle their self-pride and high ego by thinking of oneself as unimportant and God as all-important (Burrows 18). Burrows also believes that one can battle self-pride through prayer, which produces humility (Burrows 20). Richard Patterson believes that accepting oneself is so important that this message is exemplified in the Bible (Patterson 38). This is shown when Jesus stated, “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Patterson 36). Therefore, Patterson argues that loving yourself is a mandate from Jesus (Patterson 36). Patterson stated that loving others is easy, but the real challenge that one must constantly struggle with is to love oneself even when they are dealing with disappointments and failures (Patterson 37). Similar to the average person’s struggle to accept him or herself, Keats struggled with his strong emotional feelings (Kissane 1).
John Keats was a very emotionally intense man who gained an interest in poetry at a young age. (Kissane 2). He was alive during the Regency Era in England and saw Prince Regent rule England (Kissane 2). Keats was the eldest born of Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. During John’s school years, he gained an interest in poetry, but attended surgeon school in Edmonton (Kissane 2). However, it was evident that this was not his passion as he constantly showed his love of poetry through letters sent to his family (Kissane 2). At the age of 21, Keats begin to actively pursue his poetry career (Kissane 2). After the death of John’s beloved brother, Tom, he moved in with a friend named Brown. Brown was renting a house with a family named the Brawnes (Kissane 6) After the arrival at Brown’s house, John fell in love with Fanny Brawne. This spawned a large sum of letters written between the two. Unfortunately, they were never able to get married because of Keats’s sudden death from tuberculosis (Kissane 6). The evidence of the Grad at Grad subgoal in Keats’s life is shown because of the humble acceptance that Keats had for his limitations and talents toward the end of his life (Kissane 8). He began to accept his emotional intensity with humility as shown by the decline in emotional poetry in the final years of his life (Henry 189). Additionally, throughout John’s life he accepted the talent of strong devotion with gratitude (Henry 188). This was shown because of how thankful John was in the letters he wrote to Tom and George for their presence in his life (Henry 189).
John Keats enjoyed many successful poems, while writing poems in different genres (Henry 188).
John Keats’s writing genre varied from work to work, as there were many in narrative, lyrical, and epic poetry (Henry 187). His early poetry was successful for its strong emotion while using themes of love, the relationship between poetry and nature, and the eternalness of beauty (Henry 187). He also enjoyed major success that endures to this day in “Laima”, “Isabella”, and “The Eve of St. Agnes” (Henry 187). Critics celebrate the dexterity, the wonderful imagery, and the sympathy that is in all of these poems (Henry 187). Though Keats had many successful poems, there was one early poem, Endymion, that was quite a failure (Henry 188). Many readers complained of Keats’s confusing and overuse of metaphors (Henry 188). Therefore, Keats was forced to change his style of writing because he was living solely off of the profits he received from writing (Henry 188). Keats’s writing also exemplified the Romantic idea of going back to a simpler, better time (Bergum
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changing syllable stress, line lengths, as well as syllables. Poetry is also a great way to express this goal because it can help to tell others that they are not alone. This suffering caused by the inability to accept one’s limitations is seen in the writings of the Romantic poet, John Keats.
John Keats was an Englishmen that wrote about the eventual acceptance of limitations that caused much suffering (Kissane 6). He lived from 1795-1821 and was one of the leading poets of the second generation of Romanticism (Kissane 2). Keats wrote many poems outside of his odes, including his masterpiece “Hyperion” (Kissane 4). His biggest contributions to the world was the letters he wrote to his family and his odes that he wrote on suffering (Kissane 1). John Keats’s odes exemplify the suffering brought on from the inability to accept both talents and limitations with humility and gratitude (Kissane 1). This suffering exemplified over the inability to accept a limitation is what binds the four poems together (Kissane 1). However, through events in the poem, such as the spotting of the nightingale, the sight of the urn, the introduction to Psyche, and the declaration of sadness, the speaker learns to accept both talents and limitations with humility and gratitude (Henry 187). Thus, these four poems show that through suffering one can begin to accept both his or her’s limitations and talents with humility (Henry 188). The accepting of limitations is not merely great for mental health, but rather it shows that one is openly ready to improve.
Being Open to Growth requires an active pursuit for improving, while consistently trying to understand the complexities of life This subgoal relates to the other’s in the category because all of the subgoals within Open to Growth speak about an understanding or an awareness that one can constantly strive to become better. This is shown by the words used in some of the subgoals such as “is beginning”, “is learning”, and “is developing”. Within my subgoal there are important words that one should have a strong knowledge of the meaning of the word.In a sentence humility can be used as: Bob felt humility over his perfect grades, and when asked by his peers on how he does so well, Bob replied, “I just get lucky.” Thus, humility is where one should not have a strong ego, but rather to acknowledge their unimportance in the world. In a sentence, gratitude can be used as: John felt gratitude to the Lord for helping him battle his limitations, while blessing him with his talents. Gratitude is thankfulness for the talents that one possesses. Acceptance in a sentence can be used as Billy accepted both his shortcomings and his accomplishments with joy. Acceptance is the ability to welcome qualities of oneself without fear. Ruth Burrows argues that humans need to accept God, display humility, and to be grateful to the Lord, while Richard Patterson argues that loving yourself, though difficult, is a mandate from the Lord.
Ruth Burrows believes that not accepting one’s talents with humility goes against God, and that one should combat limitations through praying to the Lord (Burrows 18). This is shown as Burrows mentions the Nicene Creed (Burrows 18). In this prayer, it is stated that “I believe in one God” (Burrows 18). Burrows explains that Jesus taught that in order to enter into the kingdom of God, one must renounce self-glorification (Burrows 19). Burrows believes that one can attempt to battle their self-pride and high ego by thinking of oneself as unimportant and God as all-important (Burrows 18). Burrows also believes that one can battle self-pride through prayer, which produces humility (Burrows 20). Richard Patterson believes that accepting oneself is so important that this message is exemplified in the Bible (Patterson 38). This is shown when Jesus stated, “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Patterson 36). Therefore, Patterson argues that loving yourself is a mandate from Jesus (Patterson 36). Patterson stated that loving others is easy, but the real challenge that one must constantly struggle with is to love oneself even when they are dealing with disappointments and failures (Patterson 37). Similar to the average person’s struggle to accept him or herself, Keats struggled with his strong emotional feelings (Kissane 1).
John Keats was a very emotionally intense man who gained an interest in poetry at a young age. (Kissane 2). He was alive during the Regency Era in England and saw Prince Regent rule England (Kissane 2). Keats was the eldest born of Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. During John’s school years, he gained an interest in poetry, but attended surgeon school in Edmonton (Kissane 2). However, it was evident that this was not his passion as he constantly showed his love of poetry through letters sent to his family (Kissane 2). At the age of 21, Keats begin to actively pursue his poetry career (Kissane 2). After the death of John’s beloved brother, Tom, he moved in with a friend named Brown. Brown was renting a house with a family named the Brawnes (Kissane 6) After the arrival at Brown’s house, John fell in love with Fanny Brawne. This spawned a large sum of letters written between the two. Unfortunately, they were never able to get married because of Keats’s sudden death from tuberculosis (Kissane 6). The evidence of the Grad at Grad subgoal in Keats’s life is shown because of the humble acceptance that Keats had for his limitations and talents toward the end of his life (Kissane 8). He began to accept his emotional intensity with humility as shown by the decline in emotional poetry in the final years of his life (Henry 189). Additionally, throughout John’s life he accepted the talent of strong devotion with gratitude (Henry 188). This was shown because of how thankful John was in the letters he wrote to Tom and George for their presence in his life (Henry 189).
John Keats enjoyed many successful poems, while writing poems in different genres (Henry 188).
John Keats’s writing genre varied from work to work, as there were many in narrative, lyrical, and epic poetry (Henry 187). His early poetry was successful for its strong emotion while using themes of love, the relationship between poetry and nature, and the eternalness of beauty (Henry 187). He also enjoyed major success that endures to this day in “Laima”, “Isabella”, and “The Eve of St. Agnes” (Henry 187). Critics celebrate the dexterity, the wonderful imagery, and the sympathy that is in all of these poems (Henry 187). Though Keats had many successful poems, there was one early poem, Endymion, that was quite a failure (Henry 188). Many readers complained of Keats’s confusing and overuse of metaphors (Henry 188). Therefore, Keats was forced to change his style of writing because he was living solely off of the profits he received from writing (Henry 188). Keats’s writing also exemplified the Romantic idea of going back to a simpler, better time (Bergum
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