ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JOHN KEATS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the first extant poem of John Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age?
A
La Belle Dame Sans Mercy
B
Ode on a Grecian Urn
C
Ode to a Skylark
D
An Imitation of Spenser
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He had written his first extant poem, “An Imitation of Spenser, ” in 1814, when he was 19.

Detailed explanation-2: -Keats penned the letters between 1815 and 1821, the year he died, at the age of 25.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Keats wrote sonnets, odes, and epics. All his greatest poetry was written in a single year, 1819: “Lamia, ” “The Eve of St. Agnes, ” the great odes (“On Indolence, ” “On a Grecian Urn, ” “To Psyche, ” “To a Nightingale, ” “On Melancholy, ” and “To Autumn”), and the two unfinished versions of an epic on Hyperion.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1819 John Keats wrote five of his most famous “odes.” These odes included “Ode on a Grecian Urn, ” “Ode on Indolence, ” “Ode on Melancholy, ” “Ode to a Nightingale, ” and “Ode to Psyche.” Critics cite these poems as some of Keats’ best work.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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