It is untrue that most romantic poets were all desperate misanthropes who died young and brokenhearted. Nevertheless, the rumor persists because it is decidedly romantic. Where there are writers, there are myths and stories. Poet John Keats has a romantic aura about him to this day. His life is also a bit desperate and brokenhearted. However, he was extraordinarily talented, had friends in poetic circles, and wrote lasting poetry. In John Keats’ poem “This living hand, now warm and capable,” the poet immerses the reader in a shallow pool of romantic/gothic verse.