John Keats - The Poetry Of
Written by John Keats
Narrated by Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe
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John Keats
John Keats was born in London in 1795. He and his siblings were orphaned at a young age - his father died in a riding accident in 1804 and his mother died six years later. Keats then left Enfield school to train as an apothecary and a surgeon but he was to leave his profession to dedicate his time to poetry. His first volume, Poems, was published in 1817 and only two more volumes, in 1818 and 1820, were published during his lifetime. In 1818 he fell in love with his neighbour Fanny Brawne, but he broke off their engagement due to his increasing ill health and lack of funds. In 1820 he moved to Italy where he died a year later of tuberculosis, the disease that claimed his mother and his brother Tom.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this man's poetry. I wish he hadn't died before his pen had glean'd his teeming brain.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My first poetry book. I was glad to listen to poetry by Keats.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book contains all of John Keats poems. It's really only 480ish pages if you don't count the note and appendix and intros.
I still find it amazing Keats wrote all these poems before he was 25. Sadly, he died too young, but I'd imagine we'd have more poems if he lived longer.
Only thing I'll say about this edition is it's not as well set up as Penguins other poetry books. It was hard to tell looking at he index which poem was long and which one was short. Usually they capitalize all the letters to a long poem. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The classic odes that are supposedly his masterpieces, I enjoyed, but overall I did not enjoy the volume and according to the commentary I found within and without on Keats' career that's probably about to be expected?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There is no one comparable to this man, as far as top notch poetry is concerned. I picked this book up as a last minute purchase, due to a buy two get third free offer a few years ago, and yet this book is the one I've spent the most time reading. I haven't quite finished reading it all but have read all the short poems, and keep coming back to dip into it when the mood takes me. Since reading it, I've noticed his works being quoted, referenced, and alluded to in nearly every other book I read, from Pullman and Rushdie's fiction to the scientific writings of Dawkins. I would recommend that you find a book of Keat's poems if you only have as much as a passing interest in poetry, you might find yourself inspired as so many others have been by it. That he died at the age of 25 is perhaps the greatest tragedy in the history of literature.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"A thing of beauty is a joy forever;/ Its loveliness increases; it will never/ Pass into nothingness; but still will keep/ A bower quiet for us."Keats poetry is this.