"Endymion: A Poetic Romance" by John Keats is a poem that explores the big ideas of beauty, love, and the strength of imagination through the adventures of a shepherd prince named Endymion. Set in the early 1800s and filled with classical myths, the story pulls readers into a world of dreams and deep feelings. At the start, the author shares his worries about his own writing, showing he's human and hoping to create something beautiful; beauty is introduced as something key to joy and the the good things in life, leading to Endymion's home in Latmos. Facing his own desires, Endymion is shown as both a respectful noble and someone struggling, setting the stage for a story about love, creativity, and the search to become something greater.
Endymion: A Poetic Romance
By John Keats
A shepherd prince's quest for an ideal love launches him on a journey through myth and dreams.
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About the AuthorJohn Keats was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were indifferently received in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. By the end of the century, he was placed in the canon of English literature, strongly influencing many writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1888 called one ode "one of the final masterpieces".
John Keats was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were indifferently received in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. By the end of the century, he was placed in the canon of English literature, strongly influencing many writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1888 called one ode "one of the final masterpieces".
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