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New page: thumb|right| John Keats '''John Keats''' (1795-1821) was a famous English romantic poet. == Background == Keats was born in Finsbury Pavement near London on [...
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'''John Keats''' (1795-1821) was a famous English romantic poet.
== Background ==
Keats was born in Finsbury Pavement near [[London]] on [[October]] 31st, 1795. At the age of eight his father died. He originally intended to practice [[medicine]], but in 1814 he decided to write. In May 1816, he published his first poem in a magazine. The next year, Keats published about thirty [[poem|poems]] and [[sonnet|sonnets]]. He then continued to write until he began to get sick. He moved to [[Italy]], and in 1821 he died in [[Rome]]. On his [[tombstone]] are the words: "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."
==Works==
Keats works were initially heavily criticized, but after his death the public embraced his poems. His more famous works are: [[Ode on a Grecian Urn]], [[Ode to a Nightingale]], [[To Autumn]], [[When I Have Fears That I May Ceast to Be]], and [[On First Looking into Chapman's Homer]], [[Where's The Poet?]], [[To Sleep]], and [[Robin Hood]].
==Resources==
[http://www.john-keats.com John-Keats.com]
[http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/keats.htm]
'''John Keats''' (1795-1821) was a famous English romantic poet.
== Background ==
Keats was born in Finsbury Pavement near [[London]] on [[October]] 31st, 1795. At the age of eight his father died. He originally intended to practice [[medicine]], but in 1814 he decided to write. In May 1816, he published his first poem in a magazine. The next year, Keats published about thirty [[poem|poems]] and [[sonnet|sonnets]]. He then continued to write until he began to get sick. He moved to [[Italy]], and in 1821 he died in [[Rome]]. On his [[tombstone]] are the words: "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."
==Works==
Keats works were initially heavily criticized, but after his death the public embraced his poems. His more famous works are: [[Ode on a Grecian Urn]], [[Ode to a Nightingale]], [[To Autumn]], [[When I Have Fears That I May Ceast to Be]], and [[On First Looking into Chapman's Homer]], [[Where's The Poet?]], [[To Sleep]], and [[Robin Hood]].
==Resources==
[http://www.john-keats.com John-Keats.com]
[http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/keats.htm]