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John Keats

1795–1821 · England

An English Romantic poet whose concentrated career joined sensuous imagery, classical myth and reflection on beauty, time and mortality.

Poetry

Life and context

A short timeline

1795
Born in England.
1817
Poems 1817 published.
1821
End of the author’s recorded life.

Recurring concerns

Themes and style

beauty
nature
imagination
mortality

Rich sensory language, flexible lyric forms and meditative movement between sensation and thought.

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Works by John Keats

1 work in the Linden collection.

Poetry

Poems 1817

John Keats

Poetry · B2–C1 · 75 min

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