Keats (1795-1821) was a British poet who was born in London. His father was a stable foreman. He loved literature since he was a child, but his family was in a difficult situation and he left school to study medicine before he was 16 years old. In 1816, he met Lee Hunter, Shelley and others, and was influenced by them to abandon medicine and pursue literature, embarking on the path of poetry creation, and later became a dazzling superstar in the British literary world at that time.
Unfortunately, the talented Keats ended his brilliant life at the age of 25. He wrote an epitaph for himself before his death: Here lies one whose name was written in water. (The one who sleeps here is famous as a book on the water.) Thinking about his poems and his life, I wonder if I can interpret this sentence like this: "Flowing water will take away his name and everything."
The following song "Whenever I'm Afraid" was probably written when he was 23 years old. Has he already realized that his life is about to pass away and everything he has now will become a luxury? Or maybe he realized that love and fame in life were all in vain, and then, calmly, firmly, and with a smile, he wrote an epitaph for future generations to recall.
And when can I truly achieve enlightenment in my daily routine?
Whenever I am afraid
Whenever I am afraid, life may not wait
My pen has collected my vigorous thoughts,
Can’t wait for a pile of books to be piled high, in the words,
like a rich barn, gathering the ripe grain;
Whenever I see it on the starry night
p>The huge cloud sign of the legendary story
And I thought, I might not survive that day,
Describe its illusion with an accidental magic pen;
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Whenever I feel, oh, fleeting beauty!
I may never see you again,
I will never be intoxicated by carefree love
and its charm! ——So, on the shore of this vast
world, I stood alone and meditated,
until love and fame disappeared into nothingness.
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