ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -John Keats was an English Romantic lyric poet whose verse is known for its vivid imagery and great sensuous appeal. His reputation grew after his early death, and he was greatly admired in the Victorian Age. His influence can be seen in the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and the Pre-Raphaelites, among others.

Detailed explanation-2: -Keats and Romanticism Keats belonged to a literary movement called romanticism. Romantic poets, because of their theories of literature and life, were drawn to lyric poetry; they even developed a new form of ode, often called the romantic meditative ode.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Keats is considered a Romantic poet because of his use of sensual imagery, expression of passionate emotions, and emphasis on nature and the natural world. His sonnet, particularly “Bright Star” and “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer” and his odes are some of the most anthologized poems in English literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Romantic Themes: Most of his poetry is devoted to the quest of Beauty, Love, Chivalry, Adventure, Pathos-these are some of the themes of his poems. Another strain that runs through his poetry is the fear of death that haunts him constantly and which finds beautiful expression in his sonnet, When I have fears….

Detailed explanation-5: -Focus on Familiar Things. Unlike some of his contemporary Romantic poets, Keats focused on common and familiar things in his poetic attempts to understand beauty. While Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote about intangible things, Keats focused on more immediate and identifiable things such as the cool dew of an autumn day.