AThingofBeauty--thePoetryofJohnKeatsBriefIntroductionofKeats’Poems•Keats’poetry,characterizedbyexactandclosely-knitconstruction,emotionaldescriptions,andbyforceofimagination,givestranscendentalvaluestothephysicalbeautyoftheworld.•Hisartisticaimistocreateabeautifulworldofimaginationasopposedtothemiserablerealityofhisday.Hesoughttoexpressbeautyinallhispoems.Hisleadingprincipleis“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty”.JohnKeats'Poems•InJohnKeats’shortwritingcareerofsixorsevenyears,heproducedavarietyofkindsofworks,includingepic,lyricandnarrativepoems.•Firstvolumeofpomes(1817)•Secondvolumeofpomes•Thirdvolumeofpomes(1820)RecevedBrutalAttacks•ToMyBrotherGeorge•OSolitude!IfIMustwithTheeDwell《哦,孤独》•HappyisEngland!ICouldbeContent•Endymion《安迪密恩》•formcriticsofBlackood'sMagazineandtheQuarterly.Succefulvolume•Lamia《无情的妖女》•Isabella《伊莎贝拉》•TheEveofSt.Agnes《圣亚尼节前夜》•Hyperion:AFragment•andFiveGreatOdes•inwhichheaccomplishedhisownpurposeandmutedunfriendlycriticismFiveGreatOdes•OdeonaGrecianUrm《希腊古瓮颂》•OdeonIndolence《怠惰颂》•OdeonMelancholy《忧郁颂》•OdetoaNightingale《夜莺颂》•OdetoAutumn《秋颂》•best-knownandoft-quotedworksHyperion•TheopeningpageofthemanuscriptofKeats'epicfragment,Hyperion,begunin1818butnotpublisheduntil1820•thattimehehadreachedanadvancedstageofhisdiseaseandwastooilltobeencouraged.•Itwasneverfinished.OdetoaNightingaleEnjoyit!