Inevitable Death in John Keats' Works

Inevitable Death in John Keats's Works John Keats wrote very deep poems at such a young age. Keats's poem, "Ode to a Nightingale," communicates a very morbid tone. The poem is about a depressed Keats who sees a glimmer inspiration in the form of a beautiful singing bird, a nightingale. Keats's poem "When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be" is another morbid poem, but on a whole different level. "Fears" is about …

…His fear isn't shown as his inability to live but rather his inability to write if he died. He is scared that he will die before he reaches his apex of poetry and expresses his being to the whole. John Keats was a mastermind poet who could manipulate words to share his innermost emotions of his unavoidable death, but he clearly spoke of death in different ways in his poetry. <Tab/>