John Keats Flashcards
When was Keats born?
b.1795 and d.1821
First poem by Keats to appear in print?
O Solitude (1816), a sonnet published in The Examiner.
What was Keats’ first poem?
In Imitation of Spenser (1814). Written after being thoroughly impressed by The Faerie Queen.
Which group of poets did Keats inspire?
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Who is Endymion dedicated to?
Thomas Chatterton
When was Endymion published?
1818
What is Endymion about?
The love of the Greek moon goddess (Diane, Seline, Artemis or Cynthia, as Keats refers to her) for Endymion, a mortal shepherd.
When was Keats’ most famous poems written?
1819, while his TB symptoms intensified and he grew depressed.
Which were the famous poems written in 1819 and published in 1820?
Lamia, The Eve of St.Agnes, The odes (“On Indolence,” “On a Grecian Urn,” “To Psyche,” “To a Nightingale,” “On Melancholy,” and “To Autumn”), and two versions of Hyperion.
What is Hyperion about?
It is based on the Titanomachia, and tells of the despair of the Titans after their fall to the Olympians. Second version of Hyperion is called ‘The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream.
What is Lamia about?
The love story of Lamia and Lycius. At their bridal feast, Lamia is discovered to be an evil sorceress and she disappears and heartbroken Lycius drops dead.
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” What ode is this from?
Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819)
What is La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1820) about?
About a Knight and an elfin beauty who ultimately abandons him. Written in the style of a folk Ballad, the title taken from a Medieval french poem of the same name by Alain Chartier.
Whose style does Keats emulate in Hyperion?
The epic loftiness of Milton’s Paradise Lost.
