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For many, john keats is the prototype of artistic genius. In his lifetime, keats sold only about 200 copies of his poetry books, but his reputation and influence grew substantially following his 1821. John keatss literary career amounted to just three and a half years. John keats was born in london on 31 october 1795, the eldest of thomas and frances jennings keats s four children. Page 189 or mountainbuilt with peaceful citadel, is emptied of this folk, this pious morn. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of romantic poets, along with lord byron and percy bysshe shelley, despite his works having been in publication for only four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25 although his poems were not generally well received by. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1921, and was written by john keats. These will look good and last a long time as they are just a cut below the regular novelsized everymans library clothbound books. Poems was published on 3 march 1817 by charles and james ollier, who were already publishing. Yet, along with lord byron and percy bysshe shelley he has become one of the most important romantic poets and one of the most admired english poets. His father, who was a liverystable keeper, died when keats was eight years old, and his mother died six years later. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter, do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul.
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