Example Sentences

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The arrival of each winter, a time when the world seems quieter, invoking introspection, gets me thinking of the poet and what we might call the Keatsian model of the heart.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2019

It’s a sweet little stream ideal for a picnic on the grass, or lying on your side in a pose of Keatsian languor while you draft a sonnet.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2018

I sat down in late 2015/early 2016 to begin Autumn, a novel whose title already meant that the Keatsian bright briefness of life would be a core element of its atmosphere.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2017

You’re talking about the Keatsian notion of negative capability.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2016

He has little enough of the Keatsian genius for choosing the word that has the most meaning for the seeing imagination.

From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert