Petitions for Immortality: Scenes from the Life of John Keats

By Robert Cooperman

This biographical work takes an unorthodox approach to considering the dramatic life of renowned English poet John Keats. By focusing on miniature scenes from Keats' life and enlivening them with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096351850X
• ISBN13: 9780963518507
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Higganum Hill Books
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"

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Brought to life with realistic, human characterization

Petitions For Immortality: Scenes From The Life Of John Keats is a work of free-verse poetry by Robert Cooperman and structured around chosen moments from the life of John Keats. Brought to life with realistic, human characterization, these impressive and original verses paint a solid picture of a transcendental literary figure of English literature. How Stephens Remembers John Keats From Their Days At Guy's Hospital: Why he ever attended a lecture/I'll never know: Poetry his shining Lady;/surgery, a serpent he handled/with thick gloves.//His opinion of his place in the pantheon/was huge as the stone dragon sculpting/the boundary of old London./His verses were no better/than my own green efforts,/but he barely let his eye rest/on the odes I showed him;/he yawned, "Stick to surgery,"/as if saving lives were not better than stuffing sausages...