Famous literary line: Who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"?
Identify the correct poet who authored this celebrated opening line from a longer poem.
Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: John Keats
Explanation:
Given data
Quotation: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
Task: Identify the author.
ApproachThe line is the famous opening of Keats’s poem Endymion.
Elimination
Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, Byron are Romantic/Victorian contemporaries, but the exact line belongs to Keats.
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