Abstract

Keats’s Life and Works

Dr. Anu Singh

Volume: 4 Issue: 2 2014

Abstract:

John Keats, son of an ostler, was initially drawn towards medicine, which he gave up soon after being introduced to Cowden Clarke. Clarke introduced him to the intellectual circle of his time. In his early phase, Keats engaged with short poetic forms — verse-letters, epistles, sonnets, and ballads — before turning towards his longer works. After the composition of Endymion and The Eve of St. Agnes, he went on to produce his famous odes, which remain the crowning achievements of his literary career.

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