Endymion

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Endymion is a long Romantic narrative poem by John Keats, best known for its opening line, “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”

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instanceOf Romantic poem
narrative poem
poem
approximateLineCount 4000
author John Keats
basedOn Greek mythology
myth of Endymion and Selene
compositionStartYear 1817
countryOfOrigin England
United Kingdom
criticizedBy Blackwood's Magazine
Quarterly Review
dedicatedTo Thomas Chatterton
describedAs long Romantic narrative poem
featuresDeity Cynthia
Moon goddess
firstPublicationDate 1818
form heroic couplets
genre Romanticism
hasInfluenced English Romantic poetry criticism
hasPart Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
language English
literaryMovement second-generation Romantic poets
literaryPeriod Romantic period
linked to: Romanticism
mainCharacter Cynthia
Endymion
meter rhymed iambic pentameter
notableQuote A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
numberOfBooks 4
openingLine A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
originalMedium print
originalTitle Endymion: A Poetic Romance
linked to: Endymion
placeOfComposition Hampstead
Isle of Wight
publicationYear 1818
publisher Taylor and Hessey
setting mythic ancient Greece
theme beauty
imagination
love
quest
relationship between beauty and truth
titleCharacter Endymion

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John Keats notableWork Endymion
Endymion originalTitle Endymion: A Poetic Romance
linked to: Endymion
John Keats notableWork Endymion
subject linked to: John
Book I (Endymion) partOf Endymion (poem)
subject linked to: Book I
linked to: Endymion
Book I (Endymion) relatedWork Book II (Endymion)
subject linked to: Book I
linked to: Endymion
Book I (Endymion) relatedWork Book III (Endymion)
subject linked to: Book I
linked to: Endymion
Book I (Endymion) relatedWork Book IV (Endymion)
subject linked to: Book I
linked to: Endymion
Book II (Endymion) partOf Endymion (poem)
subject linked to: Book II
linked to: Endymion
Book II (Endymion) follows Book I (Endymion)
subject linked to: Book II
linked to: Endymion
Book II (Endymion) publishedIn Endymion: A Poetic Romance
subject linked to: Book II
linked to: Endymion
Book II (Endymion) continuesFrom Book I (Endymion)
subject linked to: Book II
linked to: Endymion
Book II (Endymion) precedes Book III (Endymion)
subject linked to: Book II
linked to: Endymion
Book IV (Endymion) partOf Endymion (poem)
subject linked to: Book IV
linked to: Endymion
Book IV (Endymion) featuresCharacter Endymion
subject linked to: Book IV
Book IV (Endymion) follows Book III (Endymion)
subject linked to: Book IV
linked to: Endymion
Book IV (Endymion) concludes Endymion (poem)
subject linked to: Book IV
linked to: Endymion
Book IV (Endymion) publishedIn Endymion: A Poetic Romance
subject linked to: Book IV
linked to: Endymion
Book IV (Endymion) hasSubtitle Book IV of Endymion: A Poetic Romance
subject linked to: Book IV
linked to: Endymion