Introduction :
This poem is based on real
incident, when the lady sent a laurel crown to Keats. The poet wrote sonnet to
young lady who sent him a laurel crown. It is said that Keats wrote it on his
forehead first to claim for himself the rank of poet. According to wood house ,
both Keats and Leigh Hunt Wrote laurel
crowns, but when their friend come, Hunt removed the crown , while Keats
did not. After sometimes, Keats realized his folly and wrote this apologetic Hymn
to Apollo.