John Keats was one of the greatest poets of the Romantic Era. He wrote poetry of great sensual beauty and had a unique passion for details. In his lifetime he was not recognized with the senior poets. He didn’t receive the respect he deserved. He didn’t fit into the respected group because of his age, nor in the younger group because he was neither a lord nor in the upper class. He was …showed first 75 words of 488 total…

…showed last 75 words of 488 total…of Keats and they were later compared to be very similar. Keats died at age twenty- six. He became too ill and was unable to finish “The Fall of Hyperion.” He died of turberculosis, just as his mother did, before the poem could be completed. Most believe that if he had lived a full life and not died at age twenty- six he would have been equal to Shakespeare, because of his beauty and creativity.