John Keats, one of the notorious "Big Six" of the Romantic Era writers, lived a short life, passing away at the age of 25.
Known to some as the "Death Poet", John Keats was surrounded with, tormented and fascinated with death. In his short life, Keats lost his father tragically due to a horse accident and his mother four years later.
Keat's sought out a new adult figure in his life, John Clarke, and became close to his headmaster who introduced him to literature’s escape, and though his love bloomed, his career did not as he was only fifteen and not taking it as a serious contending career, especially since he had to take care of him and his orphaned siblings.
After a brief stint in medicine and anatomy, Keat's dove into literature. He focused on nature, life and death and "his art's very form seems to embody and interpret the conflicts of morality and desire."
Keats only published fifty-four poems, and though he was not a successful poet of his time, he is revered as one of the greats of the Romantic Period.
Image and Works Cited:
Poetry Foundation. “John Keats.” Poetry Foundation, 2009, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats.