By Uditha DevapriyaThe bicentenary of John Keats fell on Tuesday, February 23. It’s difficult to compare John Keats with either of these poets, particularly when we consider that he was a contemporary of Byron and Shelley. And yet, to my mind, Keat’s best poetry shares some affinity with that of Wordsworth, particularly in the latter’s idealisation of nature. I think John Keats’s great achievement as a poet is his intensely poignant vision of the world. I must confess that at the time I first read Keats I was an incurable romantic, and that is what endeared his poetry to me.

Source: The Nation February 27, 2021 01:13 UTC