Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England where John Keats likely wrote the poem When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be. He wrote this poem between January 22 and 31, 1818. He originally travelled here in order to write his longest poem, Endymion.

Early 19th century antique map of IOW for sale

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Keats/The-year-1819

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats

https://erling.yoga/john-keats-isle-of-wight/

https://www.christies.com/features/Joseph-Severn-portrait-of-Keats-11258-1.aspx

Parent Map

19th Century British Literature Map

Coordinates

Latitude: 50.693847900000
Longitude: -1.304734000000

Timeline of Events Associated with Isle of Wight

Date	Event			Manage
31 Oct 1795 to 23 Feb 1821	John Keats' Life John Keats was born in Moorgate London, England on October 31, 1795. He became fully dedicted to writing poetry in 1817, and wrote When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be in January of 1818. And on February 23, 1821, John Keats passed away in Rome, Italy. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Keats/The-year-1819 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats https://erling.yoga/john-keats-isle-of-wight/ https://www.christies.com/features/Joseph-Severn-portrait-of-Keats-11258-1.aspx		John Keats
22 Jan 1818 to 31 Jan 1818	John Keats Writes "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" John Keats wrote When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be between January 22 and 31 of 1818, lkely on the Isle of Wight. The poem includes imagery of the narrator, who is presumably John Keats himself, standing on a shore, much like he would have on the Isle of Wight. Keats also writes about how while his impending death allows his imagination to run wilder than any other as he looks up at the starry sky, he cannot help but lament the fact that he will never learn any of the greater truths about these celestial bodies. The 19th Century is filled with major advances in astronomy, but Keats never gets to see the discoveries of the asteroid belt, Neptune, spectroscopy, or the Transit of Venus. He passes away only a year after the founding of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the world was robbed of his teeming brain, filled with the desires for knowledge and love. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Keats/The-year-1819 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats https://erling.yoga/john-keats-isle-of-wight/ https://www.christies.com/features/Joseph-Severn-portrait-of-Keats-11258-1.aspx		The Isle of Wight

Date

Event

Manage

31 Oct 1795 to 23 Feb 1821

John Keats' Life

John Keats was born in Moorgate London, England on October 31, 1795. He became fully dedicted to writing poetry in 1817, and wrote When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be in January of 1818. And on February 23, 1821, John Keats passed away in Rome, Italy.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Keats/The-year-1819

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats

https://erling.yoga/john-keats-isle-of-wight/

https://www.christies.com/features/Joseph-Severn-portrait-of-Keats-11258-1.aspx

John Keats

22 Jan 1818 to 31 Jan 1818

John Keats Writes "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be"

John Keats wrote When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be between January 22 and 31 of 1818, lkely on the Isle of Wight. The poem includes imagery of the narrator, who is presumably John Keats himself, standing on a shore, much like he would have on the Isle of Wight. Keats also writes about how while his impending death allows his imagination to run wilder than any other as he looks up at the starry sky, he cannot help but lament the fact that he will never learn any of the greater truths about these celestial bodies. The 19th Century is filled with major advances in astronomy, but Keats never gets to see the discoveries of the asteroid belt, Neptune, spectroscopy, or the Transit of Venus. He passes away only a year after the founding of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the world was robbed of his teeming brain, filled with the desires for knowledge and love.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Keats/The-year-1819

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats

https://erling.yoga/john-keats-isle-of-wight/

https://www.christies.com/features/Joseph-Severn-portrait-of-Keats-11258-1.aspx