ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -John Keats is a romantic poet and also an escapist. His odes are evident that he has not ability to face hardships, therefore, he seeks escapism. He is not satisfied from his life. He thinks that far far away from this life, there must be peaceful world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word escapist is often entitled to the name of Keats because of his escaping tendency (from the real world to an imaginative world).

Detailed explanation-3: -All Romantic poets more or less are escapists. Romantic poetry presents not the world of reality, but the world of dreams. So escapism can be said as one of the main feature of all romantic writing of 19th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -An escapist is someone who doesn’t live in the real world, but dreams, wishes, and fantasizes instead. If you’re an escapist, you might avoid thinking about unpleasant things by playing video games for hours. Some escapists can withdraw into their own heads, distracting themselves with daydreams.

Detailed explanation-5: -Escapism means to flee from real world and to live a life through dreams; in other words, escapism means that the poet spends most of his time in his imagination, where he can become a king, a prince or whatever he feels best. In case of John Keats, he wants peace, therefore, he does not prefer any kingship.