Endymion - John Keats

Endymion

By John Keats

  • Release Date: 1821-01-01
  • Genre: Poetry

Description

It begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever". Endymion is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets). Keats based the poem on the Greek myth of Endymion, the shepherd beloved by the moon goddess Selene. The poem elaborates on the original story and renames Selene "Cynthia" .