Introduction of John Keats (Life & Works of John Keats)

Introduction of JOHN KEATS
THE PURE POET,
THE SAD LIFE OF KEATS,
DEATH,
Works of John Keats:
Imitation of Spencer,
Poems,
Endymion,
Isabella,
Hyperion,
Lamia,
Famous lines from Endymion,
Widely praised poems:
Bright star, would I….,
To Autumn,
Ode to nightingale,
Ode on melancholy,
La Belle dame sans Merci

1. JOHN KEATS Presented by Pallavi Parmar and Bhumiba Gohil Introduction of

2. Keats did poetry for the sake of poetry. THE PURE POET He didn’t include social and political aspects of the time. He focused on escapism from the harsh reality.

3. THE SAD LIFE OF KEATS Many deaths happened in his Family Took debt in order to study in medical profession but then decided to be a poet instead. He earned harsh criticism and negative reviews for his work He was afraid he might die at an early age. In love with his neighbour Fanny Braun

4. “When I have fears that I may cease to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain” John Keats on dying early

5. Keats died in 1821 of Tuberculosis “Here lies one whose name was writ in Water” His speculations were incorrect as he is remembered fondly even after 200 years DEATH

6. Works of John Keats Imitation of Spencer 1813 Endymion Inspired from Edmund Spencer’s Faerie Queene Poems 1817 Collection of Poetry 1818 Retelling of Greek Legends

7. A thing of Beauty is a joy forever: It’s loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quite for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quite breathing. Famous lines from Endymion

8. Works of John Keats Lamia 1819 Inspired from Dryden’s “Fables” Isabella 1818 Inspired from Boccaccio and Chaucerian Style Hyperion Miltonic style and reminds of Paradise lost 1818 - 1819

9. Widely praised poems Bright star, would I…. Sonnet Passionate declaration of undying, constant love Themes- Love and Steadiness To Autumn Ode Praise of Autumn, describing it’s abundance, harvest and transition into winter Themes- Beauty and Death

10. Widely praised poems Ode to nightingale Longest Ode Speaker is standing in forest listening to nightingale Themes- Death, Time, Isolation, etc. Ode on melancholy How to and how not to deal with deep sadness Themes- Melancholy, Beauty, Impermanence and Intoxication

11. Widely praised poems La Belle dame sans Merci Ballad Themes- Love, Obsession, Death, etc. Medieval Knight who meets a fairy woman

12. THY NAME WAS WRITIN WATER— IT SHALL STAND, AND TEARS LIKE MINE WILL KEEP THY MEMORY GREEN Oscar Wilde

13. Thank you!