The poem
I Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
II Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor, Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers: And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook; Or by a cyder-press, with patient look, Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
III Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,-- While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue; Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows, borne aloft Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies; And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
i think that this peom is a very interesting in the way the poet convey his emotions using landscape.
I like this poem ,and I want to knwe more about John keats
i think this poem is an intersting one because the poem relates between a period of human beings' lives which is oldage and Autumn which is a symbol of death, ohd, and falling.
i like tis poem
John keats is a fruit!
i think the poem is the most beautiful poem Keats has been written,beacuse it is an indication to the begining of winter which consider as a destructive thing but Keats talked about the beautiful scences for autumn
The poem To Autumn by John Keats has a smooth flowing rhythm and is a personification of autumn and summer. It is a wistful and mellow poem but is also very thought provoking. I think that this poem is very interesting in the way the poet conveys his emotions using landscape. It is like the autumn and the sun are working together as one.
The tone of the poem is soft and mellow. The diction enhances the mood of the poem because it is feminine and slow instead of harsh. You would think this poem is written by a woman because of the words used. The poem probably comes across written by a woman because Keats describes autumn almost like a pregnant mother. It has a maternal feel about it I think the best line to convey that message is ‘conspiring with him how best to load and bless.’ This reminds me of a pregnant woman because of the words ‘load and bless’. This kind of language makes the poem seem to be written by a woman.
While this poem does have beautiful tactile imagery of the bounty of Autumn, Keats does recognize that Autumn is the beginning of the end. When Autumn is over the full-grown lambs will be slaughtered and winter or death will come over the land. This is demonstated by the inactiviy in the second stanze "Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours." And the slower pace of the second and third stanzas.
I like the way that keats used the figurative language because it represents his high level of thinking.