Critical Analysis of Ode to Autumn by John Keats

Critical Analysis of Ode to Autumn by John Keats

John Keats was born in 1795. He was known to be a romantic poet;

poetry that describes the natural world. The poem ode to autumn was

written in 1819. Sadly Keats died in 1820. The poem ode to autumn is

about how the season of autumn progresses.

The first stanza of the poem is about the end of summer beginning of

autumn. In this stanza Keats uses powerful adjectives to portray the

English autumn. A good example of this are the lines,' And fill all

fruit with ripeness to the core;………To swell the gourd, and plump he

hazel shells.' The adjectives ripeness and plump paint an image in the

mind of lots of fruits, they make the reader think of lush colours

like red and orange. He describes fruits in this stanza because since

autumn is coming there are lots of fruits that will be harvested. Also

in the stanza Keats talks about summer. Evidence of this are the

lines,' And still more later flowers for the bees………Until they think

warm days will never cease.' These lines explain that it has been a

long summer. Keats explains this because always at the end of summer

you it has been too hot for to long. You also anticipate the coming of

the next season.

The second stanza is about the middle of autumn. Evidence of this is

the use of words connected with to harvesting such as granary. Since

people harvest in the middle of autumn that is what the stanza is

about. Keats personifies autumn throughout the poem an example of this

is the line, 'Thy hair soft lifted by the winnowing wind.' By

comparing autumn to a little girl, Keats implies that like a little

girl autumn is beautiful and humble. The line emphasises the harmony

of autumn and this effect, which is used throughout the poem, could

also be a metaphor for the slow down of life in autumn.

The thirds stanza is about the end of autumn proof of this is the