1. "Keats's Odes of May 1819 articulate a Profoundly Divided Se
... poetry of John Keats articulates an astonishing literary liturgy, which has influenced much of the study of nineteenth century literature; though during his short lifetime he was deemed to be a "lower class cockney," and an ignorant, unsettled "pretender" to a higher culture. Barnard (1999) asserts that Keats is one ... of the great English romantic poets, whose prime belief was in art and beauty. The most famous of Keats's poems, the Odes, can be seen to reflect the notion that he was a poet ... imagination and life, displaying a clear understanding of the transitory nature of life an...
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