John Keats was an English poet. He was the second generation of Romantic poets, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Some of Keats’ most famous poems include Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art, A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever, and To Autumn.
Here are some of his famous poems everyone should read:
1. La Belle Dame sans Merci =
“O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has withered from the lake,
And no birds sing.” – John Keats
2. Bards of Passion and of Mirth – John Keats
3. A Song About Myself =
‘A Song About Myself’ is a joyous poem in which a young boy travels, writes poetry, catches fish, and learns about himself and others. – John Keats
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4. A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever (from Endymion) =
‘A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever’ is famous as the first book in John Keats’ epic, ‘Endymion.’ It is based on the tale of Endymion, whose beauty was of such joy to Selene that it immortalized him for the rest of his days. – John Keats
5. Acrostic: Georgiana Augusta Keats – John Keats
6. Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art =
‘Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art’ is one of John Keats’ best-loved poems. It uses a star as an image of steadfastness in order to depict how true a lover’s heart. – John Keats
7. In drear-nighted December =
‘In drear-nighted December’ by John Keats describes the way memories of happier and warmer times impact one’s emotions in the coldest hours of December. – John Keats
8. O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell =
‘O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell’ by John Keats is a fourteen-line sonnet that is contained within one block of text. It expresses the speaker’s intention to find somewhere peaceful, in a valley, amongst trees, bees, and deer to live out his days. – John Keats
9. Ode on a Grecian Urn =
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all”, have you ever wondered how confident a poet can be to utter these memorable words? – John Keats
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10. Ode on Indolence =
‘Ode on Indolence’ is one of the “Great Odes of 1819” written by the second-generation romantic poet John Keats. This poem centers on the concept of a speaker’s indolent thoughts. – John Keats
11. Ode on Melancholy =
‘Ode on Melancholy,’ while not amongst the most lauded of the Odes, is perhaps the most uplifting and hopeful of all of Keat’s Odes. Keats addresses the reader, a sufferer of Melancholy, and tells him not to worry. – John Keats
12. Ode to a Nightingale =
‘Ode to a Nightingale’ was written in 1819, and it is the longest one, with 8 stanzas of 10 lines each and is one of six famous odes John Keats wrote.
13. Ode to Psyche – John Keats
14. On Fame =
In ‘On Fame’, John Keats illustrates the nature of fame and presents its poetic definition to the readers by using suitable metaphors.
– John Keats
15. On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer – John Keats
16. On Seeing the Elgin Marbles =
‘On Seeing the Elgin Marbles’ by John Keats is a poem about mortality. The speaker observes the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum and is moved by their power. – John Keats
17. On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again – John Keats
18. On the Grasshopper and Cricket – John Keats
19. On the Sea – John Keats
20. On the Sonnet – John Keats
21. The Eve of St. Agnes =
‘The Eve of St. Agnes’ by John Keats is a celebration of an idealized love between two beautiful and heroic characters. it’s written in Spenserian. – John Keats
22. To Autumn
= ‘To Autumn’ is one of Keats’ most sensual, image-laden poems. It is a sumptuous description of the season of autumn. – John Keats
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23. To Hope =
‘To Hope’ by John Keats depicts the power and influence that Hope, as a personified force sent by God, can have on a struggling world. – John Keats
24. To one who has been long in city pent – John Keats
25. To Sleep – John Keats
26. To The Nile – John Keats
27. When I have Fears that I may Cease to Be =
John Keats, the poet of ‘When I have Fears that I may Cease to Be’, was obsessed with death. In a certain way, his obsession with death is not completely surprising at all. – John Keats
28. You say you love; but with a voice
‘You say you love; but with a voice’ also known by the refrain, “O love me truly!” deals with a speaker’s physical passion for his beloved. It is believed to be John Keats’ earliest love poem. – John Keats