I came across the Life History of John Keats, the great English Romantic Poet, author of 'A thing of beauty'.
Our English textbook 'Flamingo' mentions his poem and along with it, a short life history, his birth and death.
And because I am quite curious about literature and laureates, I decided to find out why he lived only for 26 years, had a rather short life, eh? Though being so talented.
He was engaged to a widow, Fanny Brawne and was supposed to marry her but as luck would have it, tuberculosis claimed his life before they could become one.
Texts and internet feels that his relationship with Fanny was one of the reasons for his poor health and literature productivity.
Don't you people oppose?
Well I do, when in love, you become more considerate, more loving, and more careful about every changes, more sensitive to the wind blowing, which you are then able to frame in your wonderful words, to bring out beauty in even the simplest of surroundings. Then why is love always looked down upon?
That's how people are, they always take it in a wrong way, the beauty of love! Are they just jealous, or are they 'brahmacharis' to whom no relationships mean a thing?
Is there really an age of falling in love?
It's like when someone proposes you say, "Well, I become 18 in three months and then I shall be legal to fall in love. I too have feelings for you, but it's illegal till my next birthday, so I will reply after that!"
If Keats was in love, he should have produced more beautiful poems or sonnets, whatever he produced. His inability might have been his illness or own personal reasons. Why blame love? Why people look down upon the most wonderful relationship??
I just can't understand.
Well if you think I am wrong, what about the reply by that girl proposed above. Does that sound really normal??
