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analysis of To Autumn



             leisure and effort, the effect of which is to sharpen the realities of rural life.
             and work.
             STANZA 3.
             The final stanza also begins with a question and quickly answers it.
             "Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?.
             Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,".
             The poet here conveys a sentiment of sadness. There is the reflection on the day ending and the end of the season itself and Keats" sadness at this. The day itself is referred to as "soft-dying." However while the season is dying, Keats still provides an image that does not overly reflect the sadness. The clouds "touch the stubble-plains with rosy-hue". Not only does this provide a striking scene - the clouds are only lightly brushing against the landscape and bathing the countryside in a fine red - but also supplies more splendour by reminding us of the traditional proverb "Red sky at night, Shepherds delight".
             Keats opinion of Autumn is reflected in the tone he used. Throughout the poem, the overall mood is relaxed and soothing, providing a definite contrast to the dictionary definition of "incipient decay". The language used enhances this ambience, words such as "mellow" "bless" "sweet" and "warm" in the first stanza, "careless" "soft-lifted" and "drowsed" in the second stanza and "bloom" "light" and "soft" in the final stanza, all convey a gentle mood, portray a tranquil scene, and so allow Keats to make Autumn seem more placid than others may have thought and in a sense, more like spring. The slow vowels of "oozings" and "cyder-press" coupled with the patient look" and "watchest" make time move slowly.
             The major form of figurative language used by Keats is personification. The season itself is personified. It conspires with the sun. This personification augments both the mood of the poem, and also the beauty of the imagery associated with the mood. Keats makes autumn appear as a rather feminine character, best shown in the phrase "Thy hair soft-lifted".


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