English History

  • Poets
    • Byron
      • Letters
      • Poems
      • General
    • Keats
      • Letters
      • Poetry
    • Shakespeare
      • Plays
    • Tennyson
  • Vikings
  • Middle Ages
  • Stuarts
    • English Civil War
  • Tudor
    • Monarchs
    • Citizens
    • Relatives
    • Letters
    • Quizzes
  • Vikings
  • About
    • Start a History Blog
    • Cookie Policy
    • Contact
    • The Right to Display Public Domain Images
    • Author & Reference Information For Students

John Keats - Poems & Poetry Information, Facts & Commentary

They will explain themselves - as all poems should do without any comment. John Keats to his brother George, 1818

John Keats - Poems & Poetry

John Keats's literary career amounted to just three and a half years. It began in July 1816 after he passed the apothecaries' examination at Guy's Hospital and lasted until late 1819. Keats wrote 150 poems, but those upon which his reputation rests were written in the span of nine months, from January to September 1819. This intense flowering of talent remains unparalleled in literary history. Keats published three books of verse in his lifetime. The first volume, Poems, was published by C and J Ollier in March 1817. It was dedicated to Leigh Hunt and contained thirty-one works, including 'Sleep and Poetry' and 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer'. His second volume, Endymion, was published by Taylor and Hessey in April 1818. It was savagely reviewed and sold poorly. His third volume, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems, was published by Taylor and Hessey in June 1820. It contained thirteen works, including the great odes of 1819 (though not the 'Ode on Indolence') and 'Hyperion'. William Hilton's posthumous portrait of Keats, after Joseph Severn posthumous portrait of John Keats by William Hilton

The Odes of 1819

Ode on Indolence Ode to Psyche Ode to a Nightingale Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode on Melancholy To Autumn La Belle Dame Sans Merci Song of the Indian Maid, from Endymion On first looking into Chapman's Homer The Eve of St Agnes The Human Seasons Lines on the Mermaid Tavern In drear-nighted December Asleep Dedication. To Leigh Hunt, Esq. Fancy Imitation of Spenser

Sonnets

Bright Star! would I were steadfast as thou art When I have fears that I may cease to be On Fame To Some Ladies On receiving a curious shell, and a copy of verses, by the same ladies Robin Hood. To a friend. Woman! when I behold thee flippant, vain   Click here to view original manuscript images of Keats's poetry.

Search English History

Popular Posts

Queen Mary I: Facts, Information, Biography & Portraits (Queen Mary Tudor, Bloody Mary)
The Human Seasons by John Keats
Lady Jane Grey – Facts, Biography, Information & Portraits
Thomas Cromwell – Facts & Biography Information
Lady Caroline Lamb Facts & Information – Lord Byron’s Lovers

Related Posts

On Fame

To John Keats, Poet, at Spring Time’ by Countee Cullen

To Some Ladies – John Keats Poem

Robin Hood. To a Friend By John Keats

Imitation of Spenser By John Keats

The Tudors

Lord Byron

John Keats

shakespeare

Copyright © 1999-2021 All Rights Reserved.
English History
Other Sites: Learn Web Development

Copyright © 2021 · English History 2015 on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

This site uses cookies More info