Fragment. Where's The Poet?
Where's
the
Poet?
show
him!
show
him,
Muses
nine!
that
I
may
know
him.
'Tis
the
man
who
with
a
man
Is
an
equal,
be
he
King,
Or
poorest
of
the
beggar-clan
Or
any
other
wonderous
thing
A
man
may
be
'twixt
ape
and
Plato;
'Tis
the
man
who
with
a
bird,
Wren
or
Eagle,
finds
his
way
to
All
its
instincts;
he
hath
heard
The
Lion's
roaring,
and
can
tell
What
his
horny
throat
expresseth,
And
to
him
the
Tiger's
yell
Come
articulate
and
presseth
Or
his
ear
like
mother-tongue.
John Keats
John Keats (born October 31, 1795, London, England—died February 23, 1821, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) English Romantic lyric poet who devoted his short life to the perfection of a poetry marked by vivid imagery, great sensuous appeal, and an attempt to express a philosophy through classical legend. He is best known for his odes, including "Ode to a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale," and his long form poem Endymion. His usage of sensual imagery and statements such as “beauty is truth and truth is beauty” made him a precursor of aestheticism.