John Keats (1795-1821) Keats and Romantic Poetry One of the major English Romantic lyric poet John Keats was dedicated to the perfection of poetry marked by vivid imagery that expressed a philosophy through classical legend. Despite his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 25, he devoted his short life to the perfection of poetry marked by vivid imagery, great sensuous appeal and an attempt to express a philosophy through classical legend. Keats's poetry describes the beauty of natural world and art as the vehicles for his poetic imagination. His skill with poetic sound reproduces this sensuous experience for his reader. Keats's poetry involves over his brief career from this love of nature and art into a deep compassion for humanity. He gave voice to the spirit of Romanticism in literature when he wrote, "I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination." Twentieth-century poet T.S Eliot judged Keat...
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