John Keats
Born	31 October 1795(1795-10-31) London, England
Died	23 February 1821 (aged 25) Rome, Papal States
Occupation	Poet
Literary movement	Romance
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John Keats (IPA: /ˈkiːts/; 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821 was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work received constant critical attacks from the periodicals of the day, but his posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson has been immense. Elaborate word choice and sensual imagery characterize Keats's poetry, including a series of odes that were his masterpieces and which remain among the most popular poems in English literature. Keats's letters, which expound on his aesthetic theory of "negative capability", are among the most celebrated by any writer.