Tuesday, December 19, 2017

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810784/

     Bright Star's title comes from a sonnet Keats wrote during the time he knew Brawn. This is a well-done portrayal of their romance, doomed as it was. Keats' poetic career had only begun to earn him some money, but his tuberculosis worsened. I include a link about Fanny later in her life.

https://englishhistory.net/keats/fanny-brawne/

And a link to the sonnet:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44468/bright-star-would-i-were-stedfast-as-thou-art

     On my first trip to Europe, I went to Rome. While walking down the Spanish Steps, I passed by the house where Keats died. Little did I realize how he, an others, would come to influence me.



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