To Autumn 1819 * Flashcards
John Keates - faith and worship, passage of time, change and transformation, death and loss, nature
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context
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paras for comparison - loss, As Imp as grief
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- both discuss the grief they experience
- both discuss hwo the passage of time causes loss
- their faith differs throughout the poem
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para 1
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grief:
- “thy hook spares the next swath”
- “stubble-plains”
- “small guests mourn”
- “winnowing wind” w, gradual replacment with winter
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para 2
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passage of time process in loss:
- “maturing sun” vs. “soft dying day” and “rosy hue”
- “full grown lambs”
- “red-brest whistles”
- “gathering swallows twiter in the skies”
- “hours by hours”
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para 3
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hope:
- “clouds bloom”
- “speares the next swath”
- “full grown lambs loud beat”
- “crickets sing”
- “swallows twitter in the skies”
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paras comparison - nature, death of a naturalist
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