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John Keats


McCurdy 1
Robert McCurdy
Mr. McMichael
English 202

John Keats suffered many hardships losing his family to tuberculosis,
orphaned as a child and was " mastered and enslaved by a pining, degrading
lovesickness " (O'neil 51) for a woman named Fanny Brawne, whom he was never
able to wed. However with all his trials and tribulations he was very
passionate about his poetry. The rich, sensuous way in which he wrote
demonstrates it. In some ways the "relationship with his poetry takes on all
the attributes of a love affair " (D'avanzo 25). Therefore" Keats chose the
passion of love for a woman as his basic metaphor for poetry" (D' avanzo 25).
He chose this passion for his poetry because of his inexperience of
relationships as a young poet, inspiration from other authors and his love
affair with Ms. Brawne.
When Keats began as a young poet he pondered on many subjects. He had
never been in a romantic relationship before. As any adolesent would,......

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