
Fugitive Poems
By John Keats
2004
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Gleaned from the riches of Keats’ letters to his friends and relatives, these previously uncollected poems reveal a lesser-known aspect of the poet’s sensibility, showing him to be a witty and occasionally irreverent young writer. A verse letter full of “shapes, and shadows and remembrances;” a sonnet on a “craggy ocean-pyramid;” a “mysterious tale” of which the poet cannot speak—Fugitive Poems offers a precious insight into what manner of man John Keats really was and how he lived out his poetic life. The archetypal Romantic writer, John Keats is one of the greatest, most influential poets of the 19th century.
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John Keats
Author · 65 books
Rich melodic works in classical imagery of British poet John Keats include " The Eve of Saint Agnes ," " Ode on a Grecian Urn ," and " To Autumn ," all in 1819. Work of the principal of the Romantic movement of England received constant critical attacks from the periodicals of the day during his short life. He nevertheless posthumously immensely influenced poets, such as Alfred Tennyson. Elaborate word choice and sensual imagery characterize poetry, including a series of odes, masterpieces of Keats among the most popular poems in English literature. Most celebrated letters of Keats expound on his aesthetic theory of "negative capability." Wikipedia page of the author