Poems Flashcards
Context for To Autumn
- John Keats died to tuberculosis at 25
- Keats was a romantic poet
- The poem was inspired by a walk in nature
To Autumn - analysis
1.3 stanza structure, each 11 lines
2.ABAB rhyme
3.1st stanza = autumn
4.2nd stanza = autumn is a goddess
5.3rd stanza = beauty of autumn
Quote from 1st stanza To Autumn
- “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,/ close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;”
- Uses personification of friendship with the sun and alliteration of ‘m’.
Quote from 2nd stanza To Autumn
1.Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;”
2.Uses personification and tranquil imagery
Quote from 3rd stanza To Autumn
1.”Where are the songs of spring?/Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,”
2.Uses a rhetorical question - he has no spring
3.Uses personification, he says autumn is pretty like spring
What poem can you compare To Autumn with?
Where the Picnic was - both about nature
What is where the picnic was about?
1.Thomas Hardy returns to where he used to have picnic with his dead wife and some friends
Context for where the picnic was?
1.Thomas Hardy was famous novelist and poet
2.Marriage with wife struggled at the end
3.Written as a series of poems dedicated to her
What form does where the picnic was have?
1.An elegy
2.3 stanzas of unequal length
3.Irregular rhyme
4.Irregular metre
5.Enjambment
Quote for language where the picnic was
1.”Where we made the fire, in the summer time”, “I slowly climb Through winter mire”
2.Juxtaposition - 1st person pronoun vs alone, past vs present, warm vs cold.
Quote for structure where the picnic was
1.”Scan and trace the forsaken place Quite readily.”
2.Rhyming couplet, speeds up pace and shows him looking for something.
3.Adverbial phrase shows he’s happy to be there
Quote for symbolism where the picnic was
1.”Now a cold wind blows, and the grass is grey”
2.Patheric fallacy + colour symbolism = sad
