This article examines the influence of Romanticism in the writings of John Keats, focusing on the central themes of beauty, nature, and the poetic imagination. It situates Keats within the second generation of Romantic poets and explores how his work reflects key Romantic ideals, including emotional intensity, the power of imagination, and the significance of the natural world. The article offers a detailed analysis of Keats’s major odes of 1819—Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to Psyche, Ode to a Nightingale, and To Autumn—highlighting how these poems engage with questions of beauty, truth, mortality, and artistic permanence. Through these readings, it demonstrates how Keats develops a distinctive poetic vision that both embodies and deepens Romantic thought. The article concludes that Keats’s poetry transcends its historical context, presenting enduring reflections on the relationship between art, nature, and human experience.
SHADI NIJIM (Wed,) studied this question.