When we think of romantic era poetry, we often think of the ground-breaking, whimsical, idealistic poetry of the time. When people think of classic poetry, this is what they usually touch on. However, through some research, I found that a few of them had some rather interesting deaths. What is more romantic in nature than writing about such a thing.
Percy Shelley: Though it is expected that most of these poets died of disease due to a product of their time, Shelley actually died when his sailboat sank, causing him to drown in 1822.
John Keats: Affectionately being one of my favorite poets, it pains me that he came to his demise at such a young age. Keats always had many health issues, and eventually came to his end due to tuberculosis at the age of 25.
Lord Byron: Byron died at the age of 36 due to a fever that he contacted. This may seem to be a rather surprising thing to kill him, but it is important to note that Byron had contracted several sexually transmitted diseases in his time. By the time Byron was 21, he already had both Gonorrhea and Syphilis; so his immune system could not have been very strong.
William Blake: Blake's death was from an unknown disease that was named "the sickness to which there is no name" it came on and off for the last few years of his life until he finally
succumbed to it.
William Wordsworth: William Wordsworth died of respiratory failure due to an aggravated case of pleurisy.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Died due to heart failure along with an unknown lung disorder. Coleridge had an addiction of opium, so this may be linked to his death.
That is about all I have, I hope you all find it interesting. Let me know what you want to hear next!