Question What is negative capability Negative capability means the capability of negating oneself Through this Keats indicates a poet's ability to keep himself aloof from his writings Definition of Negative Capability In accordance with John Keats - One who has negative capability is capable of being uncertainties mysteries doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason Negative capability is also known as impersonality or objectivity Although Keats was a writer in the age of subjectivity he had objectivity or impersonality His negative capability is seen greatly in the poem Ode to a Nightingale Forgetting the stern realities of life he shares the joy of the Nightingale and enjoys the joy of an ideal world in his imagination Similarly in the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn Keats can take joy The Grecian Urn symbolizes purity which teaches him to absorb the eternal value Beyond Rational Understanding Keats portrays the