To Autumn - John Keats Flashcards
1
Q
imagery
A
- ‘ripeness to the core’
- ‘plump the hazel shells’
2
Q
‘sweet kernel’
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sweetness implies a sense of pleasure in surrounding autumnal environment
3
Q
personification of autumn
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‘thee oft amid thy store?’
4
Q
‘sitting careless on a granary floor’
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- imagery
- relaxing, peaceful quality of autumn
- could be a metaphor for keat’s ill health
5
Q
‘Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind’
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- appeals to the senses
- personifies autumn as a beautiful woman
6
Q
simile
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- ‘like a gleaner thou dost keep’
-compares autumn to a person laden with their collected grain
7
Q
juxtaposition
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‘lives or dies’
8
Q
metaphors for Keats death
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- ‘soft-day dying’
- ‘mourn’
- ‘wailful choir’
- euphemisms
