To Autumn

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"To Autumn" is a celebrated ode by Romantic poet John Keats that meditates on the beauty, ripeness, and transience of the autumn season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric poem
ode
poem
author John Keats
authorNationality English
compositionYear 1819
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublicationYear 1820
firstPublishedIn The Eve of St. Agnes
surface form: Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems
focusOfStanza1 ripeness and abundance of early autumn
focusOfStanza2 personified figure of autumn amid harvest
focusOfStanza3 sounds and fading light of late autumn
form three-part structure
genre ode
hasOpeningLine Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
imageryType pastoral imagery
sensory imagery
language English
literaryMovement Romanticism
literaryPeriod Romanticism
surface form: Romantic period
literarySignificance considered one of John Keats's greatest odes
considered one of the finest poems in English literature
meter iambic pentameter
numberOfStanzas 3
partOf Keats's 1819 odes
personificationOf autumn
rhymeScheme ABAB CDECD (first stanza)
ABAB CDECD (second stanza, with slight variation)
ABAB CDECD (third stanza, with slight variation)
setting English countryside
stanzaForm 11-line stanza
subject autumn
theme beauty of nature
harmony between humans and nature
mortality
passage of time
ripeness and maturity
seasonal cycle
transience of life
tone meditative
melancholic
serene
usesPoeticDevice alliteration
assonance
imagery
metaphor
personification

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John Keats notableWork To Autumn
Enfield Academy notableWork To Autumn
subject surface form: John Keats
John notableWork To Autumn
subject surface form: John Keats