Keats

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noun

John, 1795–1821, English poet.

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Keats·i·an, adjective

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How to use Keats in a sentence

In his short life Keats had composed an astonishing body of work, one that would guarantee that he would be remembered, and admired, as a great poet.
Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions|Troy Jollimore|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
One can’t help but be pleased that two centuries on, Keats’s odes still inspire engagement and love.
Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions|Troy Jollimore|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
The book’s intimacy, vulnerability and determination to provoke is true to Keats, and Nersessian’s genuine feeling for his work is never in doubt.
Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions|Troy Jollimore|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
And finally, I simply cannot recommend writing by doctors without mentioning the poet I love above all others, John Keats.
Doctors Can Write More Than Prescriptions: The Best Books by Doctors|Gabriel Weston|August 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So, for John Keats the finger vibrates a bit with a series of coughs, then goes flat.
Robert Pinsky: The Comedy of Seamus Heaney|Robert Pinsky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Like Keats, in a few short months she wrote the poems on which her giant reputation now rests.
Sylvia Plath’s Darkest Sea: What an Unveiled Draft Poem Reveals|Olivia Cole|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Keats then ran up to the victim, yelled, 'Don't tell my dogs to shut up,' and began shooting at the victim.
The NRA's Nightmarish Worldview|David Frum|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
According to the media release, Keats' 52-year-old next door neighbor yelled at the dogs to be quiet and kicked the fence.
The NRA's Nightmarish Worldview|David Frum|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On the subject of Shakespeare's height he could not speak with assurance, but Keats was only just over five feet.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
In his poetic temperament, Mr Bailey will frequently remind the reader of Keats.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
I was never happier than the day I found Marian curled up on a lounge reading Keats.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
The book was the volume of Keats he had given her—which had been loaned to Loretta before June went away.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.
According to him Keats and Pushkin are benefactors not because of their beautiful verses, but because of other reasons.
Comrade Kropotkin|Victor Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for Keats

Keats

/ (kiːts) /

noun

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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