This is my presentation on John Keats as a romantic poet where I have described his characteristics of poetry.

1. JOHN KEATS AS A ROMANTIC POET
Prepared by- Urvi Dave
Class- M.A.
Semester- 2
Enrolment Number- 14101009
Email id- dave.urvi71@gmail.com
Paper no- 5 (Romantic Literature)
Guidance- Heenaba Zala
Submitted to- Smt. S B Gardi
Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar
University

2. John Keats
Born- 31 October 1795
Moorgate, London
Death- 23 February 1821
Rome
Occupation- Poet
Literary Movement-
Romanticism

3. - Was one of the main figures of the
second generation of Romantic poets
along with Byron and Percy Bysshe
Shelley.
- Poetry characterised by sensual imagery
most notably in the series of Odes.
- In May 1816, his sonnet “O Solitude”
appeared first time in print version in the
magazine The Examiner.
- Defined poems, in effect, along with
several other poets of his period.

4. Important elements of Keats's poetry which came
to define Romanticism-
- Interest in lyric, the personal. Interest in the
transcendent, that which is beyond human
understanding.
- Interest in the transcendent as it relates to
nature.
-Interest in a glorified or romanticized past both
with the medieval and the classical.
-Interest in the role of the poet as well as in the
creation of his art.
-Interest in imagination, which intuitively
connects with nature and the transcendent and
develops over time.

5. • Was a foremost romantic dreamer. Everything
seemed beautiful under his pen, even the
rockiest and most sorrowful objects.
• Love and Death were desires for him.
• Wrote only for five years.
• Does not generally write about Nature, but uses
it as a device to make his poetry romantic and
gentle.
• Works are on love and beauty but thoroughly
are mixed with his feelings of depression.

6. • He was not superficial. He sought out beauty,
but not the beauty of gold and diamonds. For
him, love and nature were beautiful, stars were
beautiful. Death was sublime.
• Was influenced by ancient mythology; texts by
Homer, Dante, Virgil, Shakespeare etc; fellow
romantic poets Shelley and Byron; Latin and
classical poet form.
• Wrote many “epic story poems” such as
Hyperion and Endymion.

7. Poets of Romantic Movement gave
priority to the topics of lower class,
common people and countryside
unlike the Neo-classical poets,
focusing on difficult and abstract
topics.
Poets of this age followed blank
verse and prosaic style.
Keats composed poems on Ode on a
Grecian Urn, Ode to the Nightingale,
Endymion etc. Odes and lyrics are
the characteristics of Romantic
poets.

8. There is effect of Hellenism in his poems
but his diction is countryside and natural.
They come out with the overflow of ideas.
His following of beauty in all forms show
his love for nature. It reminds the slogan of
“Return to Nature”.
Poems are enjoyed with great verve
because of his love for beauty whom he
calls Beauty is truth and truth beauty.