"The excess in Keats' work detracts from the effectiveness of his ideas.
Date Submitted: 12/11/2003 03:44:18
"THE EXCESS IN KEATS' WORK DETRACTS FROM THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIS IDEAS. DO YOU AGREE?"
John Keats was a Romantic poet of the 19th century. As a 'Romantic', his desire was, through his poetry, to convey a vision that encompassed all experiences good and bad, transient and eternal. He believed his work should not be read as a quiet pastime, but instead, indulged in as an experience of such intensity, that the reader imagined his
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and all the joy and sorrow associated with these conditions. Keats' brilliance in using excess to 'attract' rather than 'detract' from his ideas, gives the reader a greater appreciation of not only his work, but also John Keats, the man and the poet.
It could not be better expressed than that said by Keats himself in a letter to his brothers in December, 1817, where he stated,
'...the excellence of every art is its intensity'.
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