Keats

American  

[keets] / kits /

noun

1. John, 1795–1821, English poet.

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Keats British  

/ kiːts /

noun

1. John. 1795–1821, English poet. His finest poetry is contained in Lamia and other Poems (1820), which includes The Eve of St Agnes, Hyperion, and the odes On a Grecian Urn, To a Nightingale, To Autumn, and To Psyche

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Other Word Forms

• Keatsian
  adjective

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Keats

Occasionally, playful-sounding tickers can be a bait-and-switch, as in POET, for a maker of AI hardware—not exactly John Keats material.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

In 2011, he formed a committee to establish the Keats Community Library charity, writing and performing there with the likes of Palin, Robert Powell, Simon Callow and Janet Suzman.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

What I do know is that there's a really interesting story there that's comparable in its interest and complexity to the story of The Beatles, John Keats, William Blake and Bob Dylan.

From Salon ● May 25, 2024

There are several voice-over versions of the Ezra Jack Keats classic “The Snowy Day”; this is the favorite at our house.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

The sluggers have fallen in love with Kerouac and Keats and Woolf and Shakespeare, and hope I’ll press the button to preserve our literature for other alien races to explore.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson