I've seen romance and words together so easily before. One of the greatest poets of the 19th century, John Keats was one of the key figures of the second generation of the Romantic movement, and he used many of his poems as an instrument of expression to send messages to audiences. The poems La Belle Dame sans Merci and Bright Star vividly depict Keats's life and his many thoughts and feelings through a unique host of literacy techniques. Some contexts that influence the very flow of Keats's poetry are the social contexts of the 19th century, during the Romantic era, as well as the personal contexts of Keats himself and his complicated relationship with Fanny Brawne. John Keats was born on October 31, 1795. He was the eldest of five siblings. One of them, Edward, died at a young age. He had a happy childhood in North London. His father Thomas Keats and mother Frances Jennings owned a livery business called "Swan and Hoop". John was a very unique boy. He responded to people by rhyming the last word of his answer with the last word of their question. John really enjoyed doing this, which paid off in later life. Keats loved his mother very much and was very protective of her. Keat's family was not rich but they were well off. When Keats was 9 years old, his father fell from his horse while riding home and died a few hours later. Jennings' misery did not last long, and she soon married a small-time bank clerk named William Rawlings. Rawlings only wanted money and they separated soon after. After that, John's mother disappeared. This made Keats lose his respect and hope for his mother. John Keats wrote his first poem at age 19, just before his grandmother died. Keats wanted to be a... middle of paper ...... his neighbor Fanny Brawne fell deeply in love and became engaged in 1819. However, the previous year, during a trip to Scotland, signs of illness began to develop at Keats. They then moved to Italy in September 1820, while remaining secretly engaged. In February 1821, John Keats died peacefully in Rome from tuberculosis. Works Cited “John Keats”. Anti-Trials. May 7. 2014John Keats, “Endymion”, Bartleby.com, http://www.bartleby.com/126/32.html, accessed November 5, 2009. John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, Bartleby.com, http: / /www.bartleby.com/101/625.html, accessed November 5, 2009. "John Keats." 2014. The Biography.com website. May 7, 2014 http://www.biography.com/people/john-keats-9361568.David Perkins, “John Keats”, English Romantic Writers, second edition (Harcourt Brace & Company: 1995), 1182.