To Autumn - not finished

Question 1

title - ‘to autumn’

Answer 1

• suggests it’s an ode to
• a lyric poem meant to be sung in praise of a specific person or thing - autumn

Question 2

stanza development

Answer 2

• time progresses with each stanza
• stanza 1 - start of autumn - ‘summer has o’er brimmed their clammy cells’
• stanza 2 - mid-autumn - harvest - images of work and rest
• stanza 3 - autumn’s death and winter’s birth
• autumn cannot last forever

Question 3

odes

Answer 3

• typically have 10 lines per stanza
• this poem has 11 lines per stanza
• could be mimetic of the fact that autumn is practically overflowing with life and bounty