John Keats Research Paper

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John Keats, a poet of the romantic era was born in 1795 lived until the young age of 26 years, dying in the year 1821. His young death would be caused from the same sickness that first took his mother’s life. After the death of his father from falling off a horse, Keats went to go live with his grandmother leaving his mother and new stepfather behind. His mother remarried very quickly, her actions upset Keats very much, which made him want to move out so fast after his father’s death. He questioned if his mother actual loved his father if she could move on so fast. Keats was a relatively small man in stature; he was recorded to be around five feet three inches. He had unique passions and these qualities did not match his appearance and …show more content…

Instead, young Keats had interests that were made up of being loud, rowdy, and enjoyed the act of fighting and wrestling, while still living with his grandmother received word that his mother was very ill and had symptoms of what he would later have himself. He returned to his mother after learning about her sickness and decreasing health. Looking after his mother until her death, this same sickness slowly taking each family member and in the end even Keats found himself trapped by this sickness (Everest 11). Everest talks of Keats love of life and how even though its hardships he held on to the positive and his writing passion. Even though he may give off a small and shy appearance, Keats in his early years was crazy and excited for what the world held for him. This feature he has to look at whatever he is going through and change it into something interesting and ultimately helped himself in his years of sickness. Receiving the same virus that took his mother and …show more content…

Then sadly gets sick right after, his financial status is in sync with his health and decreases with it. Luckily he has up times in the sickness so he still had time to write his praised poems. Doctors finally figure out that he has tuberculosis and that he highly like contracted it from when he cared for his mother. He reaches a point where he can no longer work on his writings. Just before this point however he writes the author of Endymion, which is “among the most important works” (13) says Everest. Poems like these, in his final chapter of life, were remarkable that he could still produce amazing works in such misery. Keats travels to Rome for one last adventure the journey takes 3 months, and he lives for 3 more before finally passing from his

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