To Autumn

Question 1

Themes

Answer 1

Death

Nature

Time

Question 2

Keats

Answer 2

‘Romantic’

Nature poet

Commonly used synesthesia

Died shortly after this poem

Odes represent a development in him

Question 3

Techniques

Answer 3

3 stanzas- 3 autumn months, moving through time

Repetition of compound conj ‘and’- builds imagery, emphasis on love

Synesthesia, nasal alliteration ‘mmm’- sensual sound, fat/rich imagery

Bucolic imagery, internal alliteration- eternalising nature

3rd stanza harsher sounds- harsh reality of death