Themes:
Fame: Keats was determined to make his mark in the world of poetry and rejected a career as
a doctor in favour of writing, telling his guardian that he meant to rely on his abilities as a
poet.
Love: Keats fears he will never fully experience love in his life.
Death: Whatever else we may or may not experience in our lives, there is only one certainty
and that is death. Our lives, hopes, dreams, loves and so on will all come to noghting in the
greater scheme of thing