to autumn

Question 1

author

Answer 1

john keats

Question 2

context

Answer 2

• romantics

- highly personal - inspired by a walk in the countryside

Question 3

paragraph 1

Answer 3

• deep love, admiration, appreciation
• ‘seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness’ - susurration, sigh of relief/gasp of air after hectic summer
• title ‘to autumn’, an ode, dedicated to autumn
• ‘sweet’, ‘plump’, ‘budding flowers’ - nature able to flourish and thrive, freshness
• consistent use of positive adjectives, his love never wavers

Question 4

paragraph 2

Answer 4

• powerful and bountiful
• ‘o’erbrimm’d’ - overflow, could be overwhelming yet keats welcomes it with open arms
• further shown through enjambment of first stanza - gives more and more, plentiful, unlimited power
• romantic - believed in the powerful force of nature, clearly shown throughout the poem