John Keats

Known for

Odes (To Autumn, Ode to a Nightingale), sensuous Romantic imagery

Biography

English Romantic poet who trained as a surgeon before devoting himself to poetry, and died of tuberculosis at only 25, having written his finest work in his last few years.

A well-known line

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." (Endymion)

Major works

• Ode to a Nightingale
• To Autumn
• Endymion