John Keats - Poet Trivia Quiz

Answer: London

He was born in the heart of the City of London, in Moorgate, in the pub where his father worked. Keats travelled a great deal, but settled for some time in Hampstead where he met Fanny Brawne.

Answer: As a result of injuries from a horse-riding accident.

Many of Keats' poems feature a theme of loss, possibly due to his experiences of death and separation throughout his life. This was the first such example of a tragedy that would change the course of his life.

Answer: Romanticism

The Romantic movement rose up in two waves. The first was a sympathetic reaction to the French Revolution (1789) and poets like Wordsworth were involved in this wave, which took place during Keats' childhood. Keats became part of the second wave along with poets like Shelley and Byron.

Answer: An apothecary

At the age of fifteen, he was sent to Edmonton for five years to train as an apothecary. As far as is known, Keats did not object to this, although he later left his professional work to write poetry.

Answer: Ode on Indolence

The other two 'Great Odes' include 'To Autumn' and 'Ode to Psyche'. All of these Odes were written in the spring of 1819, in what is generally considered to be his most creative period.

Answer: Georgiana

George and Tom were the names of his brothers, and Fanny he name of his sister (as well as the name of his lover). Georgiana was George's wife, and therefore Keats' sister-in-law. Many of his letters are addressed to George and Georgiana.

Answer: False

Although engaged, Keats wanted to establish himself as a poet and earn enough money before they married. Tragically, Keats fell victim to the disease that had taken both his mother and his brother, and died before this became a reality.

Answer: Lord Byron

Byron, who was seven years older than Keats, was fairly critical of Keats' works, and dismissed them in rather colourful language. He and Shelley used to discuss Keats' poetic achievements, and disagreed entirely on their success, although Byron came to appreciate Keats' work later on.

Answer: Charles Brown

They also visited Ireland on their journey. The trip had to be abandoned, and Keats returned to find his brother seriously ill, and his poem harshly dismissed by critics.

Answer: Rome, Italy

He died in Rome on the 23rd February, 1821, of tuberculosis and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery. His gravestone does not have his name, but it reads, "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."