Nature To Autumn

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

Keats was a romantic poet which was an era that dominated from the end of the 18th century to mid 19th century
He had a deep appreciation for power and beauty of nature
Recognition of influence of senses
Understanding of the deeper meaning of life
It reflects on mankind’s relationship with a particular time of year, wrote the poem inspired by a walk he took

Question 2

Form

Answer 2

It is written as an ode, 11 lines in each stanza different to what he normally has fixing the poem more interest and effect at the same time the poem has more affect on us and his audience at the time

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

The first four lines of each stanza has the rhyme scheme abab as well as in the first stanza he has CDEDCCE to echo back a rhyme earlier in each stanza, they also trace their own pattern through autumn

Question 4

First point

Answer 4

The birth of autumn, introduces it in its peak form

Question 5

1:1

Answer 5

“Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness!”

This is a rhetorical technique known as aprostophe used to directly address the season of autumn, most of Keats poetry is characterised by sensory imagery and the use of sibilants

Question 6

1:2

Answer 6

“To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells”

The use of the powerful verbs “swell” and “plump” to characterise the perfection of autumn which is important as Keats was a Romanticist

Question 7

1:3

Answer 7

“Until they think warm days will never cease”

Use of “they” highlighted how the approach of autumn was a sense of new season and the hotness has gone

Question 8

Second point