To Autumn

Question 1

What is the poem about?

To Autumn

Answer 1

The poem starts describing the plentiful nature of the start of Autumn, there’s an abundance of produce. It then moves on to describe the work that people do during the harvest and the final stanza reflects on the passage of time as Autumn fades and winter comes.

Question 2

What is the form?

To Autumn

Answer 2

It is an ode. It is written in iambic pentameter but it’s rhyme scheme changes slightly. The first four lines of each stanza always have an ABAB pattern but the rest of the second and third stanzas different to the first.

Question 3

What is the structure?

To Autumn

Answer 3

In each stanza Keats introduces an aspect of Autumn in the first line before expanding on it I’m the remaining ten lines. Passage time because 1st stanza links morning with early the sleepy mood in the second could stand for mid autumn and the last stanza hints at both the approach of winter and sunset.

Question 4

What is the language of excess?

To Autumn

Answer 4

Language to do with abundance shows how Autumn can produce a bountiful harvest.