to Autumn / Flashcards
who wrote ‘To Autumn’ and in what year?
John Keats, in 1820
can you give some context about the poet and poem?
time is temporary and will soon run out, the poem focuses on nature. it was written based on a autumnal walk through Winchester in 1819. John Keats was one of the most romantic and one of the most tragic. most of his family died on TB. He died at 25 of TB
can you give some quotes?
seasons of the mists and mellow fruitfulness// close bosom-friend of the maturing sun// thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind// thou watching the last oozing hours by hours// where are the songs of spring//
what is the structure of the poem?
uses iambic pentameter. it is a description of the season of autumn in a three-stanza structure, each of 11 lines, and of an ABAB rhyme scheme.
