John Keats’s short poem “The Human Seasons” draws a direct comparison between the natural cycle of the four seasons and the cyclical changes within the human psyche. He a⋯ Read the full article

John Keats’s sonnet “When I Have Fears” articulates the young poet’s intense anxiety about dying before achieving his artistic and emotional ambitions. Written in the Sha⋯ Read the full article

In Book 3 of John Keats’s “Hyperion,” the action shifts from the despondent councils of the fallen Titans to a stirring invocation of Apollo’s rise. While the first two b⋯ Read the full article

Continuing directly from Book 1, “Hyperion (Book 2)” depicts the fallen Titans grappling with the aftershocks of their defeat at the hands of the Olympian gods. John Keat⋯ Read the full article

In the opening of “Hyperion” Book 1, John Keats uses blank verse to depict the sorrowful aftermath of the Titans’ defeat by the Olympian gods. The poem unfolds in a grand⋯ Read the full article

John Keats’s “Isabella or The Pot of Basil” is based on a story from Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, adapted through Keats’s Romantic lens. It recounts the tragic love be⋯ Read the full article

John Keats’s poem “The Eve of St. Agnes” takes place on a chilly January evening, invoking the legend that if a maiden follows particular rituals on this night, she will ⋯ Read the full article

John Keats’s “Endymion (Book 2)” continues the quest of the moon-struck shepherd Endymion, weaving together classical myth, romantic longing, and profound imagination. Bu⋯ Read the full article

First published in 1818, John Keats’s *Endymion* is a lengthy, four-book poem exploring the myth of the mortal shepherd Endymion and his love for the moon goddess, Selene⋯ Read the full article

Composed around 1819, “Bright Star” is John Keats’s iconic sonnet addressed to a celestial object—an emblem of unchanging permanence. The speaker wishes he could remain a⋯ Read the full article

John Keats’s “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” first published in 1819, is a haunting ballad that portrays a knight bewitched by a mysterious, otherworldly woman. Told mostly t⋯ Read the full article

“On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” published in 1816, is among John Keats’s most famous sonnets. It captures the poet’s exhilaration upon reading Homer’s epics as r⋯ Read the full article

John Keats’s “To Autumn,” composed in 1819, paints a vivid, affectionate portrait of the season as a time of both abundance and quiet transition. Split into three stanzas⋯ Read the full article

Composed in 1819, “Ode to Psyche” is often cited as the first of John Keats’s renowned odes, introducing themes and techniques he would develop more fully in subsequent w⋯ Read the full article

John Keats composed “Ode on Indolence” in 1819, around the same period as his other major odes. While many of Keats’s odes focus on beauty, art, and emotional intensity, ⋯ Read the full article