...Poet. It does no harm from its relish of the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the bright one; because they both end in speculation. A poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity — he is continually in for — and filling some...

......" We may substitute writer for poet and continue with Keats's remark: "... because he [the writer] has no Identity — he is continually in for — and filling some other Body." I write many drafts longhand. (I suppose I write longhand because that's how I learned to write, and...

...Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity - he is condnually in for - and filling some other Body - The Sun, the Moon, the Sea [...]." '' Die Arbeit an diesem Vertrag geht zumindest bis 1905 zurück, wie aus einem Brief an Bei...

...existence; because he has no Identity—he is continually in for—and filling some other Body—The Sun, the Moon, the Sea and Men and Women who are creatures of impulse are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute—the poet has none; no identity....

...[. . .] What shocks the virtuous philosopher delights the chameleon poet." And that is precisely why "a poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence,...continually in for and filling some other body." "The Sun," he continues telling his friend, "the Moon, the Sea, and men and women, who are creatures of impulse,...

...virtuous philosopher, delights the camelion Poet. (...) A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity - he is continually...filling some other Body - The Sun, the Moon, the Sea [...]." 50 Die Arbeit an diesem Vortrag geht zumindest bis 1905 zurück, wie aus einem Brief an Bei...

...of negative capability in a number of memorable phrases: "A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence: because he has no Identity — he is continually in for — and filling some other body";2 the "camelion poet" [sic], as distinguished from the poet of "the wordsworthian or egotistical...

...aspect of the letter relates to, though is noticeably different from, Keats' assertion that the poet 'has no Identity - he is continually in for - and filling some other body'; Clare instead wants lots of identities. Rather than an absence or denial of self he wants a free plurality...

...poet. It does no harm from its relish of the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the bright one, because they both end in speculation....moon, the sea and men and women, who are creatures of impulse, are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute; the poet has none. He is certainly...

...identity is the imperative qualification for being a poet: A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity he is continually...Moon, the Sea and Men and Women who are creatures of impulse are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute - the poet has none; no identity...