John Keats

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children were sent to their grandmother’s and will later be joined by Frances when she left William with the family business. Frances died from tuberculosis when John was fourteen years of age. Frances’s death furthered financial problems for the family, which started when her father died. Now, John and his siblings were left with a guardian to live their lives.
John never had any interest in books at his young age and it was only until he was at the age of fourteen that he was passionate towards literature. Though his interest was in poetry, John’s guardian forced him to attend medical school. This did not last for John long and soon after he was focused on poetry. John’s guardian called him “Silly Boy” because of this. (www.gopher.nypi.org) John became ill and thought that warm air would cure him so he moved to Italy in 1820. John and a friend both lived in an apartment right next to the famous Spanish Steps in Rome. John’s illnesses were not going away which gave him a ...

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He found the beauty in how both creatures go about their daily lives and then showed how they both interact with each other. I mean this must took a lot even though this was such a short poem because I mean to take something that we find a nuisance and make them to sound like this beautiful thing. I think that takes an extraordinary man to accomplish that.

This next one is called “On Leaving some Friends at an Early Hour”. I like this one because it shows how much his friends mean to him and how the fun they have together is held deep in his heart. It is sad at the end when he states “tis not content so soon to be alone.”( www.bartleby.com ) I wish that I could write something ...

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