He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his works having been in publication for only four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25.
Foi unha das principais figuras da segunda xeración de poetas románticos, coincidindo con Lord Byron e Percy Bysshe Shelley, a pesar de que comezou a publicar as súas obras catro anos antes da súa morte por tuberculose.