John Keats and Percy Shelley both died relatively young, Keats at twenty-five and Shelley at thirty, and the tragedies of
both of these men seems to have added a mythical aspect to their names that would not be there had they lived to old ages. The
paper shows that, instead of focusing on the "what ifs" of the two
poets, most critics have turned their eyes on examining the actual poetry produced by both poets in their very short lifetimes. The paper examines several works by these poets, such as "Ode to a Nightingale" by Keats and "Ode to the West Wind" by Shelley. The paper also includes quotes from the poems mentioned.