JOHN KEATS: BRIGHT STAR: SELECTED POEMS Edited with an introduction by Miriam Chalk This book gathers the most potent passages from the poetry of John Keats (1795-1821) together, including the famous "Odes", the sonnets, the luxuriously sensuous "Eve of St Agnes", the mysterious and atmospheric "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", and extracts from "Lamia", "Endymion" and "Hyperion". This edition has been updated with new poems and a revised text John Keats is one of the few British poets who is truly ecstatic and wild. Keats is known for his ornate language, memorable phrases ("made sweet moan" in "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"), Romantic indulgences, and a tendency to gush and exaggerate. Keats is one of a few poets who write in English in a shamanic manner. John Keats reaches the pinnacle of British poetry, as W. Jackson Bate, typical among critics, says: "the language of his greatest poetry has always held an attraction; for there we reach, if only for a...