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What is the difference between John Donne and John Keats?

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One is a restoration poet and the other is a second generation romantic poet. This should be enough in itself to begin to differenciate stylistic and contextual differences. read more

The poems “Bright Star” by John Keats and “Death, Be Not Proud” by John Donne were both very powerful and meaningful. They were both sonnets, though each was a different kind. Keats made his poem an English or Shakespearean sonnet since it had the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. read more

I think that the core differenciation, aside from the obvious, is that Shakespeare was allowed to mature as a writer (as his canon was probably complete). Unfortunately John Keats passed away at the age of 25 due to turburculosis and the remarkably precocious potential that he exhibited was sadly cut short. read more

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