John Keats

John Keats (1795–1821) was a British Romantic poet who died at age 26 of tuberculosis; he is now considered one of the finest poets in the English language. In 1819, while mortally ill and in love, he wrote a series of astonishing poems, including sonnets and his six great odes. Keats’s melodious, sensuous, and beautifully phrased verses didn’t receive acclaim until after his death.