U8 L8 John Keats

Question 1

How did Keats’s mother and father die?

Answer 1

F- riding accident

M- tuberculosis

Question 2

In school, Keats was not interested in books until what?

Answer 2

• last year

- school assistant encouraged him

Question 3

Keats’s guardian apprenticed him to a what?

Answer 3

surgeon

Question 4

At what age did Keats publish his first volume of poetry?

Answer 4

22

Question 5

Did Keats give up medicine for a career in literature?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

1818 marks the beginning of what stage of Keats’s life?

Answer 6

traumatic but poetically creative period

Question 7

When did Tom, Keats’ brother pass away?

Answer 7

Dec 1818

Question 8

Who had Keats fallen in love with in September? When did they get engaged?

Answer 8

• Fanny Brawne

- Christmas

Question 9

What factor prevented Keats and Fanny’s marriage?

Answer 9

Keats’ ill health

Question 10

On his doctor’s advice where did Keats move to ?

Answer 10

Italy

Question 11

On Feb 23, 1821, where did Keats die?

Answer 11

Rome

Question 12

Although aware of social, economic, and political problems, what did Keats not use his poetry for?

Answer 12

• mourn society problems

- advocate reform/revolution

Question 13

Keats strove to achieve emotional () and imaginative ()

Answer 13

restraint, discipline

Question 14

What characteristics of Keats’s poetry is not typical of romantic poetry?

Answer 14

did not:

• give free reign to emotion
• advocate reform/revolution
• communicate philosophy of nature
• wrote about ancient Greek culture

Question 15

Keats’ poetry reflected his life pattern of avoiding what?

Answer 15

dogmatic opinions

Question 16

What does dogmatic mean?

Answer 16

speaking/acting without certainty/authority

Question 17

What was Keats view on truth and answers?

Answer 17

• not final in some instances

- must be open to examinaton

Question 18

What was one thing Keats was certain of?

Answer 18

beauty

Question 19

What complements Keats’ perception of beauty?

Answer 19

imaginative sympathy

Question 20

Keats’s own experience with pain and suffering enhanced his sense of ()

Answer 20

empathy

Question 21

Did Keats apply sympathy to people, animals, and objects?

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

What does innate mean?

Answer 22

inborn, inherent

Question 23

When was Keats first introduced to Greek classics?

Answer 23

Charles Cowden Clarke gave copy of George Chapman’s translation of Homer’s Iliad

Question 24

What makes the poem ‘When I Have Fears’ stand out?

Answer 24

one of Keats’ most personal poems

Question 25

Why did Keats write Ode on a Grecian Urn?

Answer 25

praise beauty of scenes on a Greek vase