Such beautiful poetry. I love discovering new poets through your posts. Thank you. I don't know why, but a memory has stuck in my mind from my days at uni. When we studied the romantic poets, one professor told us that Shelley compared Keats to adonis....
Such beautiful poetry. I love discovering new poets through your posts. Thank you. I don't know why, but a memory has stuck in my mind from my days at uni. When we studied the romantic poets, one professor told us that Shelley compared Keats to adonis....
Shelly and Keats were friends and when Keats died at age 25, Shelley wrote a poem in which he compared Keats to Adonis. You can read the poem here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45112/adonais-an-elegy-on-the-death-of-john-keats
Thank you. Nice to know my memory did not fail me. :)
Yes, congratulations on having a good memory!