The Essay: An Ode to John Keats

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John Keats's stunningly fertile year - 1819 - celebrated by five contemporary poets

In 1819, John Keats wrote five of the greatest odes in the English language.  Sasha Dugdale explores Ode to a Nightingale.

1819 was a stunningly fertile year for John Keats, when he wrote five of the greatest odes in the English language and actually introduced words and phrases never heard before - "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.....", "Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty....." "O for a beaker full of the warm South....." 

Five leading contemporary poets each celebrate a single ode.

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Five leading contemporary poets celebrate John Keats's stunningly fertile year - 1819.

John Keats's stunningly fertile year - 1819 - celebrated by five leading contemporary poets.

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