John Keats lived only twenty-five years and four months (1795-1821)‚ yet his poetic achievement is extraordinary. His writing career lasted a little more than five years (1814-1820)‚ and three of his great odes--"Ode to a Nightingale‚" "Ode on a Grecian Urn‚" and "Ode on Melancholy"--were written in one month. Most of his major poems were written between his twenty-third and twenty-fourth years‚ and all his poems were written by his twenty-fifth year. In this brief period‚ he produced poems that
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1. Research the life of the author A. What was his life like? B. What kind of education did this person receive? Early Life John Keats was born on 31 October 1795 to Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. Keats and his family seemed to have marked his birthday on 29 October‚ however baptism records give the birth date as the 31st. He was the eldest of four surviving children; George (1797–1841)‚ Thomas (1799–1818) and Frances Mary "Fanny" (1803–1889). Another son was lost in infancy. John
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the universe‚ to “quicken a new birth”. The new birth is the spring. The spring season is a metaphor for a “spring” of human consciousness‚ imagination‚ and liberty. Shelley hoped his art could help to bring these things into the human mind. . Keats‚ "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (1) What are the main ambivalences/duplicities that characterize the whole poem? The main duplicities that characterize the whole poem are the human figures which are carved into the side of the urn and the real men. On
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John Keats was born on October 31‚ 1795‚ in London. The oldest of four children‚ he lost both his parents at a young age. His father‚ a livery-stable keeper‚ died when Keats was eight; his mother died of tuberculosis six years later. After his mother’s death‚ Keats’s maternal grandmother appointed two London merchants‚ Richard Abbey and John Rowland Sandell‚ as guardians. Abbey‚ a prosperous tea broker‚ assumed the bulk of this responsibility‚ while Sandell played only a minor role. When Keats was
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English Literature Biographical Speech Keats‚ John (1795-1821) English poet‚ one of the most gifted and appealing of the 19th century and a seminal figure of the romantic movement. Keats was born in London‚ October 31‚ 1795‚and was the eldest of four children. His father was a livery-stable owner‚ however he was killed in a riding accident when Keats was only nine and his mother died six years later of tuberculosis. Keats was educated at the Clarke School‚ in Enfield‚ and at the age of 15
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John Keats The Eve of St Agnes Outline : 1- John Keats is an influential poet during the Romantic Era. 2- Keats managed to integrate thought‚ and the sequence of events. 3- The Eve of St Agnes is rich of description. 4- Keats focuses on the feeling of romantic. 5- Keats emphasized on the mystical idea of elves and fairies. Style and Imagery John Keats is an influential poet during the Romantic Era. He is known for his love of the country and sensuous descriptions
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SONNET 18 PARAPHRASE Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Shall I compare you to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: You are more lovely and more constant: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ Rough winds shake the beloved buds of May And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: And summer is far too short: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ At times the sun is too hot‚ And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; Or often goes behind the clouds;
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Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27‚ 1807‚ in Portland‚ Maine. He attended the Portland Academy and Bowdoin College‚ where he matured a passion of storytelling and an enthusiasm for reading. Longfellow had the aptitude of easy rhyme. He wrote poetry as a bird sings‚ with natural charm and lyricism. Longfellow wrote on obvious themes which entice to all varieties of people. His creations are effortlessly understood; they sing their means into the knowledge of the particular
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1. What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"? In the first stanza‚ he speaks of a meteor of the ocean air‚ which I assume compares the boat to a great and speedy force. In the second stanza‚ he says that the ship is the “eagle of the sea”‚ which compares it to the national bird and shows it’s strength and dignity. 2. In 1830‚ the 44-gun American warship Constitution‚ the inspiration for "Old Ironsides‚" was scheduled to be scrapped - that is‚
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John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate‚ overly sensitive‚ tragic figure. Instead‚ Nicholas Roe reveals the real flesh-and-blood poet: a passionate man driven by ambition but prey to doubt‚ suspicion‚ and jealousy; sure of his vocation while bitterly resentful of the obstacles that blighted his career; devoured by sexual desire and frustration; and in thrall to alcohol and opium. Through unparalleled original research‚ Roe arrives at a fascinating reassessment of Keats’ entire
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