Poems Published in 1820 — John Keats

The miniscule and sickly John Keats may not have been long for this world but he is an immortal of English language poetry. The accesibility of Keats's great poems is the reason he continues to be read while those who dismissed him in his own day have been swept into the ashcan of literary history.

What's great about this book is that it's complete, allowing the Keats enthusiast to travel through all of Keats's romantic attempts, ranging from great to mediocre to poetic fumbles. . . The Keats novice can start with the major poems and odes and marvel how one so young created such a vast quantity of work.