Poems Published in 1820

By John Keats

John Keats was an English Romantic poet.  Keats was a peer of other great poets such as Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley and his poems have become more popular after his death.  This edition of Poems Published in 1820 includes a table of contents.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles River Editors
• Release date: Mar 22, 2018
• ISBN: 9781531284183

John Keats

Born in London in 1795, John Keats is one of the most popular of the Romantic poets of the 19th century. During his short life his work failed to achieve literary acclaim, but after his death in 1821 his literary reputation steadily gained pace, inspiring many subsequent poets and students alike.

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POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1820

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John Keats

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Poems Published in 1820

Preface.

Introduction to the Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian urn, Ode on Melancholy, and to Autumn.

Ode to a Nightingale.

Ode on a Grecian Urn.

Ode on Melancholy.

To Autumn.

Ode to Psyche.

Fancy.

Ode.

Lines on the Mermaid Tavern.

Robin Hood. To a Friend

POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1820

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PREFACE.

The text of this edition is a reprint (page for page and line for line) of a copy of the 1820 edition in the British Museum. For convenience of reference line-numbers have been added; but this is the only change, beyond the correction of one or two misprints.

The books to which I am most indebted for the material used in the Introduction and Notes are The Poems of John Keats with an Introduction and Notes by E. de Sélincourt, Life of Keats (English Men of Letters Series) by Sidney Colvin, and Letters of John Keats edited by Sidney Colvin. As a pupil of Dr. de Sélincourt I also owe him special gratitude for his inspiration and direction of my study of Keats, as well as for the constant help which I have received from him in the preparation of this edition.

M. R.

INTRODUCTION TO THE ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE, ODE ON A GRECIAN URN, ODE ON MELANCHOLY, AND TO AUTUMN.

These four odes, which were all written in 1819, the first three in the early months of that year, ought to be considered together, since the same strain of thought runs