ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JOHN KEATS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was John Keats career before he started writing?
A
Lawyer
B
Mechanic
C
Magician
D
surgeon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -John Keats was apprenticed to a surgeon in 1811. He broke off the apprenticeship in 1814 and went to London, where he worked as a dresser, or junior house surgeon, at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospitals.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1810, Keats aged 16 found himself apprenticed to Mr Thomas Hammond, a surgeon who resided in Edmonton. surgeon-apothecary or a general practitioner. which had marred his years at school.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Keats was born in London on 31 October 1795, the eldest of Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats’s four children. Although he died at the age of twenty-five, Keats had perhaps the most remarkable career of any English poet. He published only fifty-four poems, in three slim volumes and a few magazines.

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