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John Keats(1795-1821)
Killing of the Keatses
1795 John Keats born at the Swan and Hoop
1802 Death of his brother Edward180 !ather dies after fa""in# off a horse$
%other re&arries and "ea'es hi"dren with their #randparents$1805 randfather dies
1810 %other "ea'es her new h*sband+ ret*rns with hi"dren+ then dies of ,$
1811 John "ea'es shoo" and beo&es an apprentie s*r#eon$ Dai". pratie *ttin# *p/snathed bodies in 'ario*s states of p*trefation$
181 e#ins to write poetr.$ rand&other dies
1815 St*dent at *.s hospita"$
181 *a"ifies as an apothear.$ !irst poe& p*b"ished1818 brother ,o& dies of ,$ %eets !ann. rawne
1819 3rites a"" his odes1and &ost of his best poetr.1820 !ebr*ar.4 se'ere hae&orrha#in# fro& ,$ Septe&ber "ea'es for ta".$1821 !ebr*ar.4 dies in 6o&e (a#ed 25)$
1 ode a lyric poem( non-narrati'e poe& epressin# the tho*#hts and fee"in#s of a
sin#"e spea:er) of so&e "en#th+ seriousin s*b;et+ dignifiedin st."e and e"aborate in its
stan
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Ode to a Nightingale(%a.+ 1819)
Summary
,he entra" the&e is the &o'e&ent of the poets &ind$
,he poet is earthbound+ the bird is free$,he ni#htin#a"e has "on# been a symbol of poetry and courtly love$
,he spea:er opens with a de"aration of his own heartahe$He fee"s numb+ as tho*#h he had ta:en a dr*# on". a &o&ent a#o$
He is addressin# a ni#htin#a"e he hears sin#in# so&ewhere in the forest and sa.s that his
/drows. n*&bness is not fro& en'. of the ni#htin#a"es happiness+ b*t rather fro&sharin# it too o&p"ete".=
- he is /too happ. that the ni#htin#a"e sin#s the &*si of s*&&er fro& a&id so&e
*nseen p"ot of #reen trees and shadows$
n the seond stano*th ?#rows pa"e+ and spetre-thin+ and dies+@ and ?bea*t. annot :eep her "*stro*s
e.es$@
n the fo*rth stan
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n the sith stan
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%hemes
,he poet hi&se"f do&inates the poe&=the word / o*rs in a"&ost e'er. stan
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Hearin# the son# of the ni#htin#a"e+ the spea:er "on#s to f"ee the h*&an wor"d and ;oin
the bird$
His first tho*#ht is to reah the birds state thro*#h a"oho" in the seond stan
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n the ni#htin#a"es son#+ he finds a for& of o*tward epression that trans"ates the wor:
of the i&a#ination into the o*tside wor"d+ and this is the diso'er. that o&pe"s hi& to
e&brae Ioes.s ?'iew"ess win#s@ at "ast$
,he /art of the ni#htin#a"e is end"ess". han#eab"e and renewab"e=
it is &*si witho*t reord+ eistin# on". in a perpetual present$
s befits his celebration of music+ the spea:ers "an#*a#e+ sens*a"". rih tho*#h it is+
ser'es to suppress the sense of sight in favor of the other senses$
He an i&a#ine the "i#ht of the &oon+ /*t here there is no "i#ht=
he :nows he is s*rro*nded b. f"owers+ b*t he /annot see what f"owers are at his feet$
- synaesthetic images$
$mpathyan rob *s of an. a#en.+ of the idea of a oherent se"f$
,he spea:er reo#ni
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,he bird an en;o. the &o&ent and is so freed fro& ti&e and death$
He is tied down b. the painf*" &e&ories of the past and the :now"ed#e of f*t*re
infir&it. and death$
How an he esape fro& &e&or. and fore:now"ed#e to ahie'e the eternit. that is the
birds now
He has a n*&ber of wa.s of a'oidin# rea"it.4
- he o*"d end it a"" with poison- he o*"d ta:e dr*#s and ahie'e a pri'ate &o&entar. b"iss
- he o*"d so&ehow pro'o:e a&nesia
- he o*"d drin: in o&pan. and ahie'e a b"iss thro*#h arefree re'e"r.
- he o*"d si&p". *se his i&a#ination to free hi&se"f>et it is on". the wor:in# of his &ind whih a""ows hi& to #ain &o&entar. p"eas*re fro&
the bird son#Bnat*reBfan.$
His abi"it. to en;o. bea*t. is tied to his :now"ed#e that it is transitor.$
N$)%*+$ "&!*,*%4 the abi"it. to onte&p"ate the wor"d witho*t the desire to
tr. to reoni"e its ontraditor. aspets+ or fit it into "osed and rationa" s.ste&s$ n aeptane of an insi#ht into bea*t. witho*t rationa"i
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Ode %o Nightingale
%. heart ahes+ and a drows. n*&bness pains.
%. sense+ as tho*#h of he&"o: had dr*n:+
Cr e&ptied so&e d*"" opiate to the drains assonance+ alliterationCne &in*te past+ and ,ethe/-wards had s*n:4,is not thro*#h en'. of th. happ. "ot+
*t bein#0too happ. in thine happiness1+ polyptoton2
,hat3tho*+ "i#ht-win#d #ryad4of the treesn so&e &e"odio*s p"ot
Cf beehen #reen+ and shadows n*&ber"ess+
Sin#est of s*&&er in f*""-throated ease$
C+ for a dra*#ht of 'inta#e that hath been
Foo"d a "on# a#e in the deep-delved5earth+
,astin# of !"ora and the o*ntr. #reen+Dane+ and Iro'enLa" son#67+and s*nb*rnt &irth
C for a bea:er f*"" of the war& So*th+
!*"" of the tr*e+ the b"*shf*" 8ippocrene66+3ith beaded b*bb"es win:in# at the bri&+ alliteration
nd p*rp"e-stained &o*th=
,hat &i#ht drin:+ and "ea'e the wor"d *nseen+nd with thee fade awa. into the forest di&4
2 aches999 pains the apparent". paradoia" assoiation of p"eas*re and pain is a the&e o&&on to the
Sprin# odes$ 3hen sensation is etre&e+ intense p"eas*re and pain are a"&ost indistin#*ishab"eG ,ethe the ri'er of ob"i'ion in Hades the s*b;et of /bein# is an absent /$ ,his is a ase of /anao"*thon ( be#innin# a sentene in one wa.
and ontin*in# or endin# it in another$5 the repetition in the wordp"a. para""e"s the repetition in the birdson#
polyptoton the repetition of words deri'ed fro& the sa&e root7 that (in this context) bea*se8 #ryad tree n.&ph9 deep-delved deep". d*#10 &roven:al song s*##estin# the &ediae'a" tro*bado*rs11 8ippocrene a fo*ntain on %o*nt He"ion sared to the %*ses+ and said to ha'e been a*sed b.
Ie#as*s stri:in# the spot with his hoof$ ,he water was sared to the &*ses and so a so*re of poetiinspiration$ ,he i&p"iation is red wine as poeti inspiration= the idea of wine as /b"*shin# water
ori#inates in the ib"ia" stor. of Fhrist t*rnin# water into wine (John+ 2) b*t Keats &a. a"so be p"a.in#
on the f"*shed hee:s a*sed b. drin:in#$
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!ade far awa.+ disso"'e+ and M*ite for#et3hat tho* a&on# the "ea'es hast ne'er :nown+
,he weariness+ the fe'er+ and the fret
Here+ where &en sit and hear eah other #roan=
3here pa"s. sha:es a few+ sad+ "ast #ra. hairs+3here .o*th #rows pa"e+ and spetre-thin+ and dies=6.
3here b*t to thin: is to be f*"" of sorrownd "eaden-e.ed despairs+
3here ea*t. annot :eep her "*stro*s e.es+6/
Cr new o'e pine at the& be.ond to-&orrow$
wa. awa. for wi"" f". to thee+
Aot harioted b. ah*s and his pards60+
*t on the viewless61win#s of Ioes.+,ho*#h the d*"" brain perp"ees and retards4
"read. with thee tender is the ni#ht+
nd hap". the ;ueen-'oon62is on her throne+F"*sterd aro*nd b. a"" her starr. Fays63=
*t here there is no "i#ht+
Sa'e what fro& hea'en is with the bree
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#ar=ling.6 "isten= and+ for &an. a ti&e ha'e been ha"f in "o'e with easef*" Death+
Fa""d hi& soft na&es in &an. a &*sed rh.&e+
,o ta:e into the air &. M*iet breath=
Aow &ore than e'er see&s it rich to die
..
+,o ease *pon the &idni#ht with no pain+
3hi"e tho* art po*rin# forth th. so*" abroad assonancen s*h an estas.
Sti"" wo*"dst tho* sin#+ and ha'e ears in 'ain
,o th. hi#h re>uiem./beo&e a sod$
,ho* wast not born for death+ i&&orta" ird
Ao h*n#r. #enerations tread thee down=
,he 'oie hear this passin# ni#ht was heardn anient da.s b. e&peror and clown.04
Ierhaps the se"f-sa&e son# that fo*nd a path
,hro*#h the sad heart of ?uth.1+ when+ si: for ho&e+She stood in tears a&id the a"ien orn=
,he sa&e that oft-ti&es hath
Fhar&d &a#i ase&ents+ openin# on the foa&
Cf peri"o*s seas+ in faer. "ands forlorn.2$
!or"orn the 'er. word is "i:e a be""
,o to"" &e.3ba: fro& thee to &. so"e se"fdie* the fancy cannot cheat so well.4
s she is fa&d to do+ deceiving elf.5$
die* adie* th. p"ainti'e anthe& fadesIast the near &eadows+ o'er the sti"" strea&+
Np the hi""-side= and now tis b*ried deep
n the net 'a""e.-#"ades43as it a 'ision+ or a wa:in# drea&
!"ed is that &*si4 Do wa:e or s"eep
21 dar=ling (archaic) in the dar:22 rich to die &a#nifient to die at s*h an intense &o&ent of eperiene$2G re>uiem Keats i&a#ines the birds son# to be a h.&n for his own so*"2 clown (in this context) peasant= si&p"e *ned*ated person25 bib"ia" 6*th was dri'en into ei"e b. fa&ine and wor:ed in the fie"ds near eth"ehe&2 forlorn *tter". "ost+ deso"ate+ hope"ess+ wrethed+ forsa:en+ abandoned+ ne#"eted27 an o&ino*s a""*sion to John Donnes ?Ae'er send to :now for who& the be"" to""s+ it to""s for thee$@28 the fancy cannot cheat so well the i&a#ination annot :eep *p the i""*sion (of the ni#htin#a"es
i&&orta"it.)29deceiving elf i&a#ination personified as a &ishie'o*s sprite
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Ode on a )recian @rn
%he contrast between art and life$
f the per'adin# fee"in# of Ode to a Nightingaleis dar=ness+
it fo*ses on /* and the wor=ing of the mind+ andit ends in doubt
,he per'adin# fee"in# in Ode on a Grecian Urnis light and clarity+
it fo*ses on the wor= of artandit ends with a de"aration of certainty$
,he ni#htin#a"e represents creative mood (f*#iti'e and evanescentG0)+ the *rn eternalstasis$6e&e&ber the *rn was &ade to ho"d the ashes of the dead$
n the first stan
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n the fo*rth stan
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%hemes
re the virtues of durability outweighed by the disadvantages of fi(ityB
f the Ode to a Nightingale portra.s Keatss spea:ers en#a#e&ent with the f"*id
epressi'eness of &*si+ the Ode on a Grecian Urnportra.s his atte&pt to en#a#e withthe stati i&&obi"it. of s*"pt*re$
,he reian *rn+ passed down thro*#h o*nt"ess ent*ries to the ti&e of the spea:ers
'iewin#+ eists o*tside of ti&e in the h*&an sense it does not a#e+ it does not die+ andindeed it is a"ien to a"" s*h onepts$
n the spea:ers &editation+ this reates an intri#*in# parado( for the h*&an fi#*res
ar'ed into the side of the *rn4the. are free from time+ b*t the. are si&*"taneo*s". frozen in time$
,he. do not ha'e to onfront a#in# and death (their "o'e is /for e'er .o*n#)+
b*t neither an the. ha'e eperiene (the .o*th an ne'er :iss the &aiden=
the fi#*res in the proession an ne'er ret*rn to their ho&es)$
,he spea:er atte&pts three ti&es to en#a#e with senes ar'ed into the *rn= eah ti&e heas:s different M*estions of it$
n the first stan
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n the fo*rth stan
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n the fina" stan
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Ode on a )recian @rn
,ho* stillG1*nra'ishd bride of M*ietness+,ho* foster-childG2of si"ene and s"ow ti&e+GG
S."'an historian+ who anst th*s epress
f"ower. ta"e &ore sweet". than o*r rh.&e43hat "eaf-frin#d "e#end ha*nt abo*t th. shape allitertion
Cf deities or &orta"s+ or of both+
n %empeGor the da"es of rcadyG53hat &en or #ods are these 3hat &aidens lothG
3hat &ad p*rs*it 3hat str*##"e to esape
3hat pipes and ti&bre"sG7 3hat wi"d estas.
Heard &e"odies are sweet+ b*t those *nheard
re sweeter4 therefore+ .e soft pipes+ p"a. on=
Aot to the sens*a" ear+ b*t+ &ore endeard+ assonance
Iipe to the spirit ditties of no tone
G8
4 assonance(2)!air .o*th+ beneath the trees+ tho* anst not "ea'e pararhyme+ assonance
,h. son#+ nor e'er an those trees be bare=o"d "o'er+ ne'er+ ne'er anst tho* :iss+ pararhyme+ anaphora+ alliteration
,ho*#h winnin# near the #oa" .et+ do not #rie'e= alliteration
She annot fade+ tho*#h tho* hast not th. b"iss+!or e'er wi"t tho* "o'e+ and she be fair
h+ happ.+ happ. bo*#hs that annot shed anaphora
>o*r "ea'es+ nor e'er bid the sprin# adie*=nd+ happ. &e"odist+ *nwearied+
!or e'er pipin# son#s for e'er new=
%ore happ. "o'e &ore happ.+ happ. "o'e!or e'er war& and sti"" to be en;o.d+
!or e'er pantin#+ and for e'er .o*n#= assonance
"" breathin# h*&an passion far abo'e+,hat "ea'es a heart hi#h-sorrowf*" and cloyCdG9+
b*rnin# forehead+ and a parhin# ton#*e$
G1 still ("ordplay) a$ &otion"ess ("i:e a bride at the a"tar)= b$ 'ir#ina"+ in tat (the *rn is *nbro:en)= $
steri"e bea*se her &arria#e wi"" ne'er be ons*&&atedG2foster-child the *rns &a:er+ its parent+ is dead+ it has been ared for b. ti&e and si"eneGG it has been suggested that silence and slow time arefosterparents to ensure that there is no
intercourse D no regeneration in the entire poemG %empe a 'a""e. in ,hessa".+ e"ebrated for its bea*tif*"+ oo" wood"andsG5 rcady radia+ a distrit in reee assoiated with pastora" happinessG loth (in this context) *nwi""in# to .ie"d+ re"*tantG7 timbrels ta&bo*rinesG8ditties of no tone son#s ina*dib"e to the h*&an earG9 to cloy &a:e wear. thro*#h eess
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3ho are these o&in# to the sarifie
,o what #reen a"tar+ C &.sterio*s priest+
eadst tho* that heifer "owin# at the s:ies+nd a"" her si":en f"an:s with #ar"ands drest
3hat "itt"e town b. ri'er or sea shore+
Cr &o*ntain-b*i"t with peaef*" itade"+s e&ptied of this fo":+ this pio*s &orn
nd+ "itt"e town+ th. streets for e'er&ore
3i"" si"ent be= and not a so*" to te"" alliteration+pararhyme 3h. tho* art deso"ate+ an eer ret*rn$
C ttic0shape !air attit*de with brede1 internal rhyme
Cf &arb"e &en and &aidens overwrought2+ alliteration3ith forest branhes and the trodden weed=
,ho*+ si"ent for&+ dost tease *s o*t of tho*#htG pararhyme
s doth eternit.4 Fo"d Iastora"
3hen o"d a#e sha"" this #eneration waste+,ho* sha"t re&ain+ in &idst of other woe
,han o*rs+ a friend to &an+ to who& tho* sa.st+?ea*t. is tr*th+ tr*th bea*t.@+ that is a""
>e :now on earth+ and a"" .e need to :now$ alliteration
0ttic fro& ttia or thens1brede e&broider.+ deoration2overwrought painted or ar'ed on the s*rfaeGtease us out of thought fr*strate o*r atte&pts to thin: reasonab".
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Ode to utumn
As close to perfect as any short poem in the English language.Haro"d "oo&00
Summary
Keatss spea:er opens his !6S, S,AP b. addressin# *t*&n+ desribin# its
ab*ndane and its inti&a. with the s*n+ with who& *t*&n ripens fr*its and a*ses the
"ate f"owers to b"oo&$
,his is s*h a ti&e of plenty5that the bees thin: that this /*ndian summerwi"" last7
fore'er$
. i&p"iation+ h*&ans :now different". and &a. obsessabo*t the o&in# of winterrather than8relishing9this &o&ent of ab*ndane$
n the SEFCAD S,AP+ the spea:er desribes the fi#*re of *t*&n as a fe&a"e#oddess adoptin# the wa.s of the country fol=50in hi#h *t*&n$ She an re"a now the
harvest51is in and is often seen sittin# on the #ranar. f"oor+ her hair /soft-"ifted b. the
wind+ and often seen s"eepin# in the fie"ds or wathin# a ider-press sM*ee
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Form
,he !or&a"ists in the &id-20thFent*r. onsidered To Autumnto be Keats &ost /perfetpoe&$
/,o *t*&n is written in a three-stan
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%hemes
,his is a valedictory5poe&$
,he poe& is a reoni"iation of stasis and pro#ress+ "ife and death$
Death is present in *t*&n Keats :nows he is d.in# b*t he a"so has the onso"ationthat "ife and the bea*t. of nat*re wi"" ontin*e after he has #one$
n so&e sense this is the reoni"iation of red and green nature$
,here is a"so an e"e&ent of reoni"in# carpe diemwith memento mori$
,he poet an on'ine hi&se"f that this &o&ent fi""ed with ab*ndant "ife wi"" "ast fore'er
(as the bees do) or he an &o*rn the passin# of "ife (with the #nats)$
,he poe& trans&its tranM*i"it. thro*#h si&p"e &etaphors$
n both its for& and desripti'e s*rfae+ To Autumnis one of the si&p"est of Keatss odes$,here is nothin# onf*sin# or o&p"e in Keatss paean57to the season of a*t*&n+ with
its fr*itf*"ness+ its f"owers+ and the son# of its swa""ows #atherin# for &i#ration$
,he etraordinar. ahie'e&ent of this poe& "ies in its abi"it. to s*##est+ ep"ore+ and
de'e"op a rih ab*ndane of the&es witho*t e'er r*ff"in# its a"&+ #ent"e+ and "o'e".desription of a*t*&n$
To Autumnis onerned with the M*iet ati'it. of dai". obser'ation and appreiation$
To Autumn+ "i:e the other odes b. Keats+ it shows his spea:er pa.in# ho&a#e to aparti*"ar #oddess in this ase+ the deified season of *t*&n$
,he se"etion of this season i&p"iit". ta:es *p the other odes the&es of te&pora"it.+
&orta"it.+ and han#e4*t*&n in Keatss ode is a time of warmth and plenty+ b*t it is perhed on the brin= of
winterCs desolation+ as
the bees en;o. /"ater f"owers+the har'est is #athered fro& the fie"ds+
the "a&bs of sprin# are now /f*"" #rown+ and+
in the fina" "ine of the poe&+ the swa""ows #ather for their winter &i#ration$
,he understated sense of inevitable loss in that fina" "ine &a:es it one of the &ost&o'in# &o&ents in a"" of poetr.=
it an be read as a si&p"e+ *no&p"ainin# summation of the entire human condition$
Despite the o&in# hi"" of winter+ the "ate war&th of a*t*&n pro'ides Keatss spea:er
with a&p"e bea*t. to e"ebrate4
the otta#e and its s*rro*ndin#s in the first stan
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Keatss spea:er is ab"e to eperiene these bea*ties in a sincere and meaningful way
bea*se of the "essons he has "earned in the pre'io*s odes4
He is no "on#er atte&ptin# to esape the pain of the wor"d thro*#h ecstatic rapture(as in
Ode to a Nightingale)+ and
no "on#er fr*strated b. the atte&pt to eternalize mortal beautyor s*b;et eterna" bea*t.to ti&e (as in Ode on a Grecian Urn)+
n an ear"ier poe& Keats &a:es the ati'it. of harvestingis an ep"iit &etaphor forartisti reation$
n his sonnet ?3hen ha'e fears that &a. ease to be+@ Keats &a:es this onnetion
diret".4
3hen ha'e fears that &a. ease to beefore &. pen has #"eand &. tee&in# brain+
efore hi#h-pi"ed boo:s+ in haratr.+
Ho"d "i:e rih #arners the f*"" ripend #rain$$$
n this poe&+ the at of reation is pit*red as a :ind of se"f-har'estin#=
the pen har'ests the fie"ds of the brain+ and boo:s are fi""ed with the res*"tin# /#rain$
n To Autumnthe &etaphor is de'e"oped f*rther= the sense of o&in# "oss that per&eates
the poe& onfronts the sorrow *nder".in# the seasons reati'it.$3hen *t*&ns har'est is o'er+ the fie"ds wi"" be bare+ the swaths with their ?twined
f"owers@ *t down+ the ider-press dr.+ the s:ies e&pt.$
*t the onnetion of this har'estin# to the seasona" ."e softens the ed#e of the tra#ed.$n ti&e+ sprin# wi"" o&e a#ain+ the fie"ds wi"" #row a#ain+ and the birdson# wi"" ret*rn$
b*ndane and "oss+ ;o. and sorrow+ son# and si"ene are as intimately connectedas the
twined f"owers in the fie"ds$
3hat &a:es To Autumnbea*tif*" is that it brin#s an en#a#e&ent with that onnetion o*t
of the rea"& of &.tho"o#. and fantas. and into the everyday world$
He has "earned that an aeptane of &orta"it. is not destr*ti'e to an appreiation of
bea*t. and has #"eaned wisdo& b. aeptin# the passa#e of ti&e$
Keats no "on#er fo*ses on / fee" b*t rather te""s *s ?this is how it is@ with a"&
detah&ent$
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?eturn to NormalityB
n 1815 'ount %ambora in ndonesia er*pted= it was one of the #reatest 'o"anier*ptions in h*&an histor.$
181 was :nown in E*rope as /the .ear with no s*&&er due to58the atastrophi effets
of 'o"ani detrit*s in the at&osphere$ ,here were food shortages59
in &an. o*ntries$,he "i&ate ontin*ed to be disr*pted in 1817 and 1818$
,he .ear in whih Keats wrote To Autumn was the first in se'era" .ears in whih
meteorological normalityCwas restored$Fo*"d this ha'e inf"*ened his e"ebration of the seasona" ."e
Aiho"as 6oe sees To Autumnas po"itia"$
t was written at the ti&e when the o*rts had ;*st aM*itted Henr. H*nt of sedition afterthe Ieter"oo &assare$
- Soia" ;*stie was perhaps ret*rnin# after a period of repression$ ,here is hope in the
wor"d$
ordin# to Jere&. Hawthorn+ ?no poe& insists &ore effeti'e". *pon the f*nda&enta"
and *nstoppab"e fat of han#e than does To Autumn$@
58 due to bea*se of59 shortages sarit.
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%o utumn(Septe&ber+ 1819)
E6> N,N%A ripenin# tati"e i&a#er. desription of "andsape$,he p"enit*de of the "and$
Season of mists0
and mellow1
fr*itf*"ness"lose bosom-friend2of the maturingGs*n=
"onspiringwith hi& how to load5and b"ess
3ith fr*it the vinesthat ro*nd the thatch-eaves7r*n=,o bend with8app"es the mossed9cottage-trees70+
nd fi"" a"" fr*it with ripeness71to the core72=
,o swell7Gthe gourd7+ and plump75the hazel shells7
3ith a sweet =ernel77= to set budding78&ore+nd sti"" &ore+ later79f"owers for the bees+
Nnti" the. thin: war& da.s wi"" ne'er ease+
!or S*&&er has oCerbrimmed80their clammy81cells82$
0 mist "ow "o*d that red*es 'isibi"it.1 mellow s*bd*ed= ripe+ &at*re= #ood-h*&o*red2 close bosom-friend inti&ate friendG maturing a$ #ettin# o"der as the .ear passes= b$ brin#in# rops to ripeness to conspire (in this case) p"an+ ooperate5 to load wei#h down (with #rapes) vine "i&bin# p"ant on whih #rapes #row7 thatch-eves (in this case) ho&es of the r*ra" poor8 to bend with be wei#hed down b.9 mossed &oss.+ o'ered in &oss ($ryophyta+ a spon#. soft #reen p"ant)70 cottage-tree tree owned b. a h*&b"e r*ra" person71 ripenessBraipnQsB (o% %ruit) &at*rit.72 to the core to the entre+ (in this case) o&p"ete".
7G to swell sth9 di"ate sth$+ epand sth$7 gourdB#o4rdB &arrowBsM*ash+ o*r#etteB
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HH N,N%A har'estin# and storin# 'is*a" i&a#er. personified *t*&n and
h*&an wor:$ ,he h*&an is part of nat*re+ not anta#onisti to it$
3ho hath8Gnot seen thee8oft85amid8thy87store88
So&eti&es whoe'er see=s abroad89&a. find
,hee sittin# careless90
on a granary91
f"oor+,h. hair soft-lifted92b. the winnowing9Gwind=
Cr on a half-reaped9furrow95sound asleep9+
#rowsed97with the fume98of poppies99+677whi"e th. hoo=101
Spares102the net swath10Gand a"" its twin
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,E N,N%A barrenness a*ditor. i&a#er. desription of the s:. and the air$
irds and insets sin# an e"e#. to *t*&n$
3here are the son#s of Sprin# .+ where are the.
,hin: not of the&+ thou hast11Gthy11&*si too+
3hi"e barr