In To Autumn John Keats vividly describes the three stages of Autumn from a "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" through a time after the harvest and finally to the first signs of approaching winter. John Keats was considered one of the greatest poets of the Romantic genre. ... In Stanza I, Keats conveys a sense of ripened fullness. ... Such is the circuity of Keats' life, as well as our own. ... John Keats does achieve his purpose in this ode. ...

• Word Count: 406
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"Keats's Odes of May 1819 articulate a Profoundly Divided Self." ... The poetry of John Keats articulates an astonishing literary liturgy, which has influenced much of the study of nineteenth century literature; though during his short lifetime he was deemed to be a "lower class cockney," and an ignorant, unsettled "pretender" to a higher culture. ... The Odes, Ode To Psyche, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on Melancholy, Ode on Indolence and To Autumn were written in a period of around two weeks in May 1819. ... These works, although they have been subjected to much criti...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate