Keats

American

[keets] / kits /

noun

John, 1795–1821, English poet.

Keats British

/ 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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Keatsian

adjective

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Even seasoned poetry readers will experience the thrill of discovering what John Keats called “a new planet.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Another who is set to play, Duke Keats, said the movement also served as a reminder of how "diverse and rich the city is".

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

Jackson about Romantic literature, which shows that Blake and Austen and Wordsworth and Keats among others were not thought to be the best of the best in their time.

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

That’s from the poet Keats, by the way.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

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