Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822), generally translated as Shelley, was the most talented lyric poet in the history of British literature One of them is known as the poet among poets. He had extensive knowledge in his life and was not only a Platonist, but also a great idealist. The poems he creates are fast-paced and positive.
The first poem Keats wrote was "After Spenser", and he went on to write many excellent sonnets. These early poems of his were collected in the first volume published in March 1817. In this "Collected Poems". The following year, "Endymion", which he wrote based on ancient Greek mythology, came out. The whole poem is rich in imagination, colorful, grand in structure, and filled with the desire for freedom.
From 1818 to 1820, it was the heyday of Keats's poetry creation. He successively completed famous long poems such as "Isabella", "The Eve of St. Anne's Day" and "Hyperion". The most popular poems such as "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode to a Greek Ancient" and "Ode to Autumn" were also written during this period.
Keats is as talented as Shelley and Byron. He was only 25 years old, but the poems he left behind have always been famous in the world. He is considered to perfectly embody the characteristics of Western Romantic poetry and is praised as an outstanding representative of the European Romantic movement. He advocated that "beauty is truth and truth is beauty". He was good at describing natural scenery and the appearance of things, expressing the color and three-dimensionality of scenery. He paid attention to writing skills and pursued gorgeous language. He had a great influence on the creation of later lyric poems.
"On February 23, 1821, he died in Rome and was buried in the British Protestant Cemetery. He was only twenty-five years old. ... If God can borrow years, what achievements can he achieve? It is hard to predict. But it is recognized that when he stopped writing at the age of twenty-four, his contribution to poetry had greatly exceeded that of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton at the same age.
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