ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
With whom did John Keats have a love affair?
A
Fanny Brawne
B
Dorothy Wordsworth
C
Mary Shelley
D
Mary Keats
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Keats and Brawne soon fell in love, and their star-crossed relationship, thwarted by Keats’s death in 1821, inspired many of Keats’s most well-known poems, including “Bright Star, ” “The Eve of St.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was through the Dilkes that Fanny Brawne met John Keats in November 1818 at Wentworth Place. Their initial meeting was cordial and expected-the Dilkes were fond of Keats and spoke of him to the Brawnes often.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fanny mourned Keats’s untimely death for six years. In 1833 she travelled to France, where she met Louis Lindon, from a wealthy merchant and banking family of Spanish or Portuguese descent. They married soon after and had three children.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fanny and John remained engaged and in love until his tragically untimely death of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-five. The three years of their betrothal were among the most poetically productive for Keats. His Selected Letters is a timelessly enchanting read in its totality.

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