Which concept from John Keats describes the ability to remain in 'uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason'?
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Correct answer: Negative Capability
Negative Capability allows a poet to be open to the world and nature's mysteries without the need to categorize or resolve them logically. Keats believed this was the essential quality of a true creative genius, such as Shakespeare.
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