Keats's Poetry: The Clash of Imagination and Human Constraint

Abstract

Escaping into the imaginary world is a great way to overlook the harsh realities of life. John Keats, the most romantic poet, ragged with the sufferings of practical life, escapes from the real world and takes asylum in the realm of imagination. There is a collision between the truth in which the poet actually lives in, and the world of imagination where he desires to be. All through his life, he struggles between his earthly life and the immortal world of eternity. His poetry sheds light on the reality of human life but very often Keats recognizes that the imaginary world holds much greater beauty and wonder. This paper presents Keats's way of escaping into imagination to forget the human limitations. In this paper, I would like to discuss some of hisodes to show his view on the transitory nature of human pleasure in contrast to the permanence of imagination. Hence, it intends to become a manifestation for the common individual who are totally exhausted to the harsh realities, completely fade up about the human constraint and seeking for the ventilation in the world of imagination.