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F. Scott Fitzgerald

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.

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After reading Keats, other poetry feels less intense and meaningful, like simple background noise rather than a full experience. Fitzgerald suggests that Keats' work sets such a high standard that it makes other poems seem faint and unimpressive by comparison.

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