About this title: Keats, with presentiments of his early death, worked with single-minded dedication once he began writing poetry at the age of 18. He began a rigorous training period during which he studied the great poets who preceded him, and in his November 1817 poem, "Sleep and Poetry", he wrote: "O for ten years, that I may overwhelm/Myself in poesy; so I may do the deed/That my own soul has to itself decreed." Alas, he was to have only three years before he became ill with the tuberculosis that would finally kill him at 25. Keats is celebrated for his sensual imagery, his intense identification with the ...
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781853264047ISBN:1853264040
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 512 p. Wordsworth Collection. Audience: General/trade. Light edgewear, soft corners, first two pages bent bottom corner, 70 read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781853264047ISBN:1853264040
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 544 pages. (544 pages) this collection comprises the works of john keats, one of the greatest english poets and contemporary of byron and shelley. the collection includes "endymion", "lamia", "isabella" and "hyperion". index, bibliography edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: Modern Library Edition; First Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679601081ISBN:0679601082
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0679601082. New 1994 Modern Library Edition first printing cloth hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover.; Modern Library; 1 x 8.1 x 5.7 Inches; 416 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 27/01/1994
ISBN-13:9781853264047ISBN:1853264040
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Description: Good. 1853264040 ISBN: 1853264040 Trade Paperback, 512 pages. G+. There is a slight tear at the top of the front cover, otherwise a Nice Unmarked Copy. Wordsworth Editions Limited, 2001. From the back cover: "...This collection contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the Odes and the two versions of the uncompleted epic Hyperion, and work which only came to light after his death including his attempts ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781853264047ISBN:1853264040
Description: New. This collection comprises the works of John Keats, one of the greatest English poets and contemporary of Byron and Shelley. The collection includes "Endymion", "Lamia", "Isabella" and "Hyperion". read more
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"when i lived in london, i lived three blocks from keats' old home. and, the entire time i was there i never went in for a tour. i just have never loved keats.
it's true, his writing is exquisite. the beauty of the poetry can't be denied. it is the substance i struggle with. keats started writing and was published for only three short years before his death at 26 years. from what i understand, he spent most of his life rather sheltered, and there is no record of any romantic interests, or close friendships, in his life before his death.
i think that lack of experience really plays into his writing-- as much as i love the beauty of 'ode to a grecian urn' -- i am honestly not consumed with the desire to study an urn all day and contemplate its meaning. i am more interested in my poet's writing from a place of personal experience (dickinson is the one exception to this). for me, keats' poetry feels so removed from him and life. it feels...cold?"
"People always pair Keats and Milton. Milton shmilton. Keats is the man. Probably the finest English poet. I think he should shack up with John Donne. Wouldn't you like to take a walk with those two by your side? I wonder if they ever wrote any dirty limericks?
Think Of It Not, Sweet One
John Keats
Think not of it, sweet one, so;- Give it not a tear; Sigh thou mayst, and bid it go Any-anywhere.
Do not lool so sad, sweet one,- Sad and fadingly; Shed one drop then,-it is gone- O 'twas born to die!
Still so pale? then, dearest, weep; Weep, I'll count the tears, And each one shall be a bliss For thee in after years.
Brighter has it left thine eyes Than a sunny rill; And thy whispering melodies Are tenderer still.
Yet-as all things mourn awhile At fleeting blisses, E'en let us too! but be our dirge A dirge of kisses."
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