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* [[Tragic Dream]]: Brown dreams of being a great poet, like his friend Keats. Keats dreams not only of being great poet -- not realizing her already ''is'' one -- but also a critically and financially successful one (financial and especially critical success would come in time; alas, not before his death). In addition, Keats dreams of marrying Brawne, but he has no money and few prospects.

* [[TV Genius]]: A rare [[Biopic]] about a towering genius that somehow manages to [[Averted Trope|avert]] this trope. It may help that we view him chiefly through Brawne's eyes, and she admits she doesn't know much about poetry. It almost definitely helps, in [[Averted Trope|averting]] the more [[Egregious]] [[TV Genius]] tropes, that Keats is portrayed as a [[Absent-Minded Professor|forgetful]], [[Angst|distracted]] [[Shrinking Violet]]/[[The Quiet One]] -- whether or not that's a realistic assessment -- rather than a [[Pungeon Master|plentiful fount of wit]] like his friend Brown.

* [[Upper Class Wit]]: Keats rails against these (and, by extension, against Brawne) while defending his friend Brown against Brawne's claim that Brown doesn't know how to be a wit.