Feb 23, 2021
dear lilli, i gather that it's keats day. congratulations! however, my question of the day is - if you are a savage person, such as myself, that has never read Anything in their life, what is the first piece of his that you would recommend reading? xoxo, your sincerely, me.
anna! as someone who is also, on occasion, jared, nineteen, i feel qualified to help with this! my #1 recommendation as a start to keats is la belle dame sans merci. it’s quite short and its register is roughly the same as the average fairytale, so you’re not committing to too much. also, if it turns out you don’t like it, you might still be able to take sth away from it because you now have context for all the pretty paintings that were based on it! :D
#it's also v good to read in the woods#(also as like a general disclaimer i know i go on abt keats A Lot but i don't know that he's universally likable as such!)#(one time a girl in class was like 'i don't like this. too many vowels' and i couldn't even blame her)#(so if you shouldn't like him that's not on you or your reading abilities!)#asks#annaraksta#keats day blogging#romanticism chats
