John Keats' Life

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John Keats' Birth

October 31 1795

He was born in London

Keats wrote his first extant poem "An Imitation of Spenser"

1814

Began studying at Guy's Hospital

October 1815

Keats' first sonnet published in "The Examiner"

May 1816

The publication of the first volume of Keats' poetry

March 1817

When Keats began writing his more mature works

1818 - 1819

Keats began a walking tour of Scotland, Ireland, and the Lake District

June 1818

Keats composed five of his six famous odes

April 1819 - May 1819

Keats showed symptoms of tuberculosis

1820

John Keats' Death

February 23 1821