Keats, John (M)

Surname: Keats
Forename(s): John
b. 31 October 1795. d. 23 February 1821. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Major Romantic poet. Began writing poetry as a medical student. Became eligible to practice as a surgeon and physician, but gave up medicine to pursue his career as a poet. Contributed regularly to The Examiner as well as to The Champion and the Monthly Repository. Author of Poems (1817), Endymion (1818), and Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (1820). Biographical information: ODNB. (SMM, CC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 8
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Sonnet to Ailsa Rock 1819-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8088
The Human Seasons 1819-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8087
Ode to A Nightingale 1837-08-19 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 3498
“Here are sweet peas on tiptoe for a flight” 1883-10 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19219
La Belle Dame Sans Merci 1888-08 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14839
My Dove 1893-12 Atalanta Poet 2286
“And so she ever fed it with thin tears” 1895-01 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19881
On Death 1897-11 The Argosy Poet 20034