“Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water” (Burley, World Wide Web). These words were engraved in John Keats’ tombstone at his request. They reflect his despair of having such a short and, at least in his own mind, not very successful life. He thought that he would be remembered as a failure or, even worse, forgotten altogether and would soon be erased from the face of history as quickly as words that are …showed first 75 words of 2533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2533 total…reflection of Romanticism and the Romantic Movement. His life was very tragic, but he appreciated the world and its beauty. His short life also produced some very important pieces of literature, very much like the Romantic Movement did (Nylander University of Columbia Website). The man who feared his life was as ephemeral as “Word Writ in Water” turned out to be one of the most important Romantic poets who has been immortalized through his work.