![]() Keats lived until only age twenty-five, succumbing to tuberculosis like several other members of his family. The sonnet, like so many of Keats's poems, has a tragic tone as we look back on it. By the end, we see that Keats has had a new encounter with the power of imagination. Really, though, the poem grows bigger than just a book review. Actually, it's not even a new book, just a translation-George Chapman's version of Homer's work (check out more about Homer here). (They did lots of other stuff too- check it out.) This sonnet proclaims the virtue and beauty of a book he'd read. Keats is a Romantic poet, meaning he wrote passionately about his emotions and personal experiences. ![]() So what does he do with all that excitement? He writes a poem, of course. John Keats is twenty-one years old and standing at the edge of a greatness he feels sure he will achieve. ![]() ![]() On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer Introduction ![]()
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