Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770) was a young poet whose tragic life and death were later commemorated by Wordsworth and Keats. Despite his prolific early writing, only one poem was published during his lifetime, and he died by suicide due to depression.
Thomas Chatterton (1752-70) was a poet remembered for his tragic life and premature death, commemorated by Wordsworth and Keats. Despite writing from a young age, only one poem was published during his lifetime, and he died by suicide after falling into depression.
| Front | Thomas Chatterton |
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| Back | 1752-70 the poet commemorated by Wordsworth as 'the marvellous boy.......that perished in his pride' and to whose memory Keats dedicated Endymion his first poem when he was 11 only one of his poem (Elinoure and Juga) was published, and in a fit of depression Chatterton took arsenic and died in a room in London a single poem 'Bristowe Tragedie; or the Dethe of Syr Charles Bawdin' was published |
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