John Keats
Birth
John Keats was born on 31 October 1795 in London, England.
Family
His father worked at a livery stable, but died in 1804. His mother remarried, but died of tuberculosis in 1810. Keats had close emotional ties to his sister, Fanny, and his two brothers, George and Tom.
Education
Keats was educated at a school in Enfield. When he left at 16, he was apprenticed to a surgeon. At school, Keats developed an interest in classics and history.
Career
Keats wrote his first poems in 1814. In 1816, he abandoned medicine to concentrate on poetry. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died.
Style
Keats had a style “heavily loaded with sensualities”, notably in the series of odes. His poetry is marked by vivid imagery, great sensuous appeal, and an attempt to express a philosophy through classical legend.
Death
Keats died of tuberculosis at the age of 25 on 23 February 1821 in Rome, Italy.
Legacy
His poems were indifferently received in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. Today his poems and letters remain among the most popular and analysed in English literature.
Word Meaning
| Stanza | Tough Word | Meaning in English | Meaning in Hindi |
| 1 | Mists | Fine water droplets suspended in the air | कुहासा |
| Mellow | Soft, smooth, and pleasant | कोमल | |
| Fruitfulness | The state of bearing fruit or producing a plentiful harvest | उपजाव | |
| Bosom-friend | A close and dear friend | सखा | |
| Maturing | Reaching a fully developed or perfect state | परिपक्व होना | |
| Conspiring | To work together secretly to achieve a goal | सांठगांठ करना | |
| Bless | To make holy, fortunate, or successful | आशीर्वाद देना | |
| Vines | Climber/ Creeper | बेल | |
| Thatch-eves | The overhanging edges of a roof made of straw or other material | खपरा छत | |
| Run | To grow or spread along a surface | फैलना | |
| Bend | To curve or become crooked | झुकना | |
| Moss’d | Covered in moss | काई से ढका हुआ | |
| Core | The central and most important part of something | केंद्र | |
| Swell | To increase in size or amount | फूलना | |
| Gourd | A fleshy fruit with a hard rind | लौकी | |
| Plump | Full and round in shape | गोल-मटोल | |
| Hazel shells | Nut / Walnut | अखरोट | |
| Kernel | The seed at the center of a nut or fruit | गिरी | |
| Budding | Beginning to grow or develop | कली खिलना | |
| Ceaseless | Never stopping or ending | निरंतर | |
| O’er-brimm’d | Filled to overflowing | लबालब भरना | |
| Clammy | Unpleasantly sticky or moist | चिपचिपा | |
| 2 | Hath | Has/ Have | |
| Thee | Your | तुमको | |
| Oft amid | अक्सर बीच में | ||
| Store | A large amount of something | भंडार | |
| Granary | A building where grain is stored | अन्न भंडार | |
| Thy | Your | तेरा | |
| Winnowing | The process of separating chaff from grain by blowing air through it | सफाई करना | |
| Furrow | A long, narrow cut made in the ground, especially by a plow | खड्ड | |
| Drows’d | Made sleepy or sluggish | नींद से भरा हुआ | |
| Fume | The smoke or vapor that comes from something burning | धुआं | |
| Poppy | A flowering plant with large, brightly colored flowers | अफीम का पौधा | |
| Hook | A curved piece of metal or wood used for catching or holding something | हँसिया | |
| Swath | A line or band of mowed grass or grain | कटाई | |
| Twined flowers | a strong string of two or more strands twisted together | गुंथे हुए फूल | |
| Gleaner | Someone who gathers leftover grain or crops after a harvest | चुनाव करने वाला | |
| Thou | You | तुम | |
| Dost | Do | ||
| Laden | Carrying a heavy load | भरा हुआ | |
| Cyder-press | A machine used to press juice from apples to make cider | सेब का रस निकालने की मशीन | |
| Oozings | The slow leaking of liquid | टपकना | |
| 3 | Ay | An exclamation used to express surprise or confirmation | हाँ |
| Hast | Hast is an old-fashioned second person singular form of the verb ‘have’. It is used with ‘ thou’ which is an old-fashioned form of ‘you’. | ||
| Barred | Having stripes or bands of color | धारीदार | |
| Bloom | To flower or blossom | खिलना | |
| Stubble-plains | Fields of short stalks left after the grain has been harvested | खेतों का खेत | |
| Rosy | Pink or red, like the color of a rose | गुलाबी | |
| Wailful | Expressing or accompanied by a long, mournful cry | करुण | |
| Choir | the area occupied by singers | गायक-मंडली | |
| Gnat | A small flying insect with short antennae | मच्छर | |
| Mourn | To feel or express grief or sorrow | शोक मनाना | |
| Sallows | Willow trees | विलो के पेड़ | |
| Borne aloft | in the air or in a higher position | ऊपर उठा हुआ | |
| Sinking | diving | डूब | |
| Lambs | Lamb kin | मेमना | |
| Bleat | speak submissively | मिमियाहट | |
| Bourn | A stream or river | धारा या नदी | |
| Hedge-crickets | Crickets that live in hedges | झाड़ियों में रहने वाले झींगुर | |
| Treble soft | Triple soft | तिगुना मुलायम | |
| Red-breast | Type of bird | एक प्रकार की पक्षी | |
| Garden-croft | A small enclosed field | छोटा घेरा हुआ खेत | |
| Sound of bird | चहचहाना |
