Assessment of the contributions of Keats and Wilde
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Keats and Wilde, the Greatest Britain Poets
To be analyzed in this essay are two of Britain's most renowned and influential poets. John Keats is thought to be one of the greatest romantic poets, and during his short three year career was very productive. Oscar Wilde, from Ireland, was a satirist of great fame, and well-representative of the Victorian period.
Wilde was born the son of a well-respected surgeon in a reasonably well to do area of Dublin. In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, and shortly thereafter he published several children's books. Next he produced several bitingly harsh satiric pieces, like The picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan, and An Ideal Husband. In 1895, Wilde was sentenced to two years in prison after a sensational trial, in which several wild claims were held against him. There his sarcastic and satiric side festered, and later in 1898 he wrote on the subject of his prison experiences The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Shortly after its publishing, Wilde died.
The two poems to be examined are "On Fame," by Keats, and "Chanson," by Wilde...