To Autumn Flashcards
Season of …. And mellow …
Mists
Fruitfulness
Thou ….. the last …. Hours by ….
Watchest
Oozings
Hours
gathering …. Twitter in the ….
Swallows
Skies
What is the structure of to autumn?
ODE
1st - abundance of nature (sensory imagery)
2nd - autumn personified
3rd - appreciates soundscapes
Each stanza has 11 lines
Rhymes scheme has patterns
Iambic pentameter
Autobiographical
What language is used in to autumn?
Personification
Sensory imagery
Idyllic imagery
Assonance (repetition of vowel sounds)
Melancholy
When was to autumn published?
1920
What is the context behind to autumn?
He, his mom, brother and uncle had tuberculosis
His brother died in 1818, he was very close to him
It is based on a walk in the Lake District
Published 54 poems
Work only became famous after his death