John Keats died young, but he left behind some fine collections of poetry admired most of all for their sensuous language (= language of sense impressions, rich in images appealing to the senses of sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing) and exaltation of beauty. He now stands among the great Romantic poets.
One of John Keats's most famous poems, Ode on a Grecian Urn, was written in 1819 and published before his death. In this poem the transience of human life merges with the power of the artist and a work of art to make things permanent. The urn has sometimes been regarded as a metaphor for poetry and the role it can serve.
