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

Example Sentences

Montague's death was announced earlier this week by the Keats Community Library, where he served as president for life.

From BBC

It builds our capacity for what Keats called “negative capability,” a tolerance for “being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

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