To Autumn, by John Keats

The poem “To Autumn” by John Keats was written with a sense of him describing his girl as a person, of whom he loved very dearly. This was the last great ode he was able to write before he died (Prince). This poem was written on crisp, fall day in September (Flesch). After Keats had composed this poem, he wrote a letter to his friend calling his work a genesis (Flesch). Even though this poem was written for Keats lover, it also described how as the seasons are changed to fall, summer still has a small grasp and sharpness to it as the seasons changed (Flesch). John Keats uses what he sees around him on a crisp fall day and compares it to love for someone. During the third stanza, he changes from the silence of autumn to the different sounds and songs that come along with autumn (Flesch). In addition to this poem, there is a lot of imagery used with different sounds and sight integrated within this poem, which can help the reader imagine what Keats was experiencing as he was writing it (Prince). Throughout literary history, autumn has always been predominately associated with old age and impending death, but Keats describes autumn as having a particular beauty, life sustaining quality that comes along with the season of autumn (Prince). The Poet describes how autumn can be a beautiful season if one stops and listens.

John Keats was born in London on October 31, 1785, where he was the oldest of five children in his family. His father was Thomas Keats, and his mother was Frances Keats, and they owned a stable livery as their means of income. As a teenager John was an apprentice to a surgeon and studied to be in the medical field. After John had finished as an apprentice, he went

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To work at a hospital but he quickly became ...

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... works. The poem “To Autumn” will always be one of John Keats greatest poems he ever wrote , because he uses different literary devices and elements to describe the poems meaningfulness

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