Letter writing was an art form at one time, but today emails are probably popular and common. letters reveal much about the write.
Trolling the internet for Keats- related info the other day, I came across this review of M. Buxton Forman's collection of Keats's letters to Fanny Browne, printed in 1878. It is really interesting to read.
Though John Keats died when he was just 25 years old, he left behind some of the most exquisite and moving poetry ever written. He also left an incredibly of love letters , inspired by his great love for Fanny Brawne. Although they knew each other for just a few short years and spent a great deal of that time due to Keats' worsening illness, which forced him to live abroad, Keats wrote again and again about Fanny. His very last poem is called simply " To Fanny " and he wrote love letters to her constantly. She , in return would wear the ring he had given her until her death.
In his letter to Fanny Brawne, John Keats is exhorting her to understand how great his passion is for her, to accept his opinion of her loveliness and to realize what lengths he would go to prove his love for her. Keats is at the courtship stage of his relationship with Fanny and is trying to impress and flatter her with the strengths of his feeling. Keats achieves his purpose through his serious and melodramatic tone, his romantic, exaggerated style and his emotive use of language.
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