Keats the Selfless Poet

John Keats viewed the poetic identity as selfless and transparent, a perspective shaped by his close proximity to death and intense observation of natural beauty. This view of poetry yielded two of the best-loved poems of the Romantic Era, "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn", excerpted here in this dramatized documentary segment.

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[TheGirlGuitarPlayer]

What an influential poet! 'Outstanding doesn't do him justice'. 

[CurzonRoad]

Exceptional... very, very wonderful... thank you!

[karenemm1]

What a powerful video intense and

very interesting.

[CCPoetryNow]

Thank you for sharing. Added to favourites with Love & Appreciation:)

[kurisutokaochan]

I think this particular Keatsian view is akin to the desired Buddhist state of Nirvana--the complete loss of self and selfish desires and the achievement of a transcendent state of universal harmony.

I find the actor's 21st century look as he read Keats to be disconcerting. I've never pictured Keats this way.

[SirAbraxas]

In the end, Poets reach eternity, by riding on their verses... travelling within the vast worlds of the minds of Future readers. To perceive the world through the Kaleidoscope of a poet like Keats, is a quick glimpse at immortality itself... Thank you for presenting this most revealing and fascinating documentary. Bravo !

[Poemsapennyeach]

Keats was an amazing young man...I know the Hampstead House well and was lucky enuff to go there when it was a free place to wander in...without fee or controls...I lived around the corner from it. Very well made drama...again ...from this guy.