Ode to Autumn by John Keats

Ode to Autumn by John Keats

This poem that I am going to be focusing on is titled "Ode to Autumn",

written by John Keats. This poem shows an aspect of the natural world

and I am going to prove in detail how the techniques used by the poet

made me think more deeply about the subject.

The title of this poem is "Ode to Autumn". This is basically what the

poem is about. The poem focuses on autumn, one of the four seasons. I

am going to be focusing on two techniques used by the poet which are

mood and word choice. Autumn is known to us as a season heading into

the cold winter. However, the poet expresses Autumn as a fun-filling

and a season with numerous activities. The poem was written around two

hundred years ago and this might be why their autumn might be

different from ours.

In the poem, Autumn is expressed as a warm and nice season. There are

three stanzas in this poem, each focusing on a different insight to

autumn. The poet uses good word choice in the first stanza to bring

forward the view of autumn. The first stanza shows everything coming

to life and maturity. Starting with the first line, "Seasons of mists

and mellow fruitfulness!" This expression shows a sign of joyfulness

and the word choice 'mists and mellow' is a use of alliteration which

conveys a soft and gentle sound.

There is also a plentiful image created by the poet in the first

stanza. He uses expressions such as 'to bend with apples', 'fill all

fruit with ripeness' and 'plump the hazel shells'. This brings and

idea of plenty and an example of this is the cottage trees becoming

heavier as the apples keep growing on them, which comes from the

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by the poet is "the light wind lives or dies" to bring life to the

wind in the form of personification.

The mood of the final stanza is slow and sad as the season of autumn

dies. The poet gives examples of animals in distress such as

"full-grown lambs loud bleat", which suggests that the lambs getting

ready to be slaughtered. It also gives a message to the reader that

autumn was a loved season, for the people and even the animals.

The poem as a whole is to prove that autumn was a great season. It

also convinced the reader that autumn was bright, warm and relaxing.

The poet positively uses word choice and the right mood to give a good

impression of autumn. Finally, the poet's use of the techniques listed

has allowed me to think more deeply about the subject of the natural

word, in this case autumn.