Blogging Community: "The Life of John Keats; A Romantic Poet"

           The blog “The Life of John Keats; A Romantic Poet” by Andrew Torrey, Nicole Brown, Kylie Hutchison, and Darian Washington is a very well thought out and well laid blog.  At first glance I was interested right away in the topic because of the layout of the page and all the organized links they have.  I like how they have a poll and videos to keep things interesting while looking at the blog.  Most of the posts have pictures that relate to the poem to help create the mental image the poem is trying to create in the reader’s imagination.  I also enjoyed how they appropriately added humor into their blog by their group name and in their about me section.  Seeing the different interpretations of certain poems by different people was interesting because it shows the different perspectives of the poems.  Their blog posts are unique and enchanting to read like Kylie Hutchison’s blog post “On Fame”.  She related one of Keats’ poems to pop culture and made a lot of thought-provoking points about getting caught up in the thought of fame.  Also Darian Washington’s “The Rose” was very intense and well thought out.  The poem has a very deep message in it which I have yet to figure out.  This blog is a very important blog because not only is the content interesting but the layout of the blog keeps the reader engaged in the blog and it stays on the topic of John Keats.  It provides background information about John Keats for the reader and also provides some poems in links off to the left side of the page.  Their interpretations of the poems are concise and make sense.  For someone who knows nothing about Romanticism this blog would inform them of the kind of poet John Keats was and what Romanticism was about.  Overall this blog is worth the time to look at and actually read what the bloggers have to say about John Keats and his poems.  They spent a lot of time and effort into making it easy for the reader to understand their posts and get more information with other links if needed.  They also made it easy to share the blog on Facebook or Twitter and let others know about the blog.