AN ODE To Autumn Summary Keats’s speaker opens his first stanza by addressing Autumn‚ describing its abundance and its intimacy with the sun‚ with whom Autumn ripens fruits and causes the late flowers to bloom. In the second stanza‚ the speaker describes the figure of Autumn as a female goddess‚ often seen sitting on the granary floor‚ her hair “soft-lifted” by the wind‚ and often seen sleeping in the fields or watching a cider-press squeezing the juice from apples. In the third stanza‚ the speaker
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Analysis of Keats’ To Autumn John Keats’ poem To Autumn is essentially an ode to Autumn and the change of seasons. He was apparently inspired by observing nature; his detailed description of natural occurrences has a pleasant appeal to the readers’ senses. Keats also alludes to a certain unpleasantness connected to Autumn‚ and links it to a time of death. However‚ Keats’ association between stages of Autumn and the process of dying does not take away from the "ode" effect of the poem.
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Commentary on Field of Autumn Advancing like a silent threat‚ the onset of winter is presented throughout the poem as a season with sinister intent. The “acid breath of noon” approaches in a “Slow” manner‚ as if sneaking up on autumn. The personification of the “acid breath” not only suggests to the reader the fog is murderous‚ but one could be lead to imagine that the fog is poison gas. This is because “Field of Autumn” was published in 1947‚ two years after the Second World War; clearly the memory
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Ode on a Grecian Urn 1. In Stanza one‚ he talks to Urn as if it were a beautiful woman‚ looking youthful and pure even though it is pretty old‚ addressing it as “ unravish’d bride of quietness” (1). The author is saying that the urn has lived it’s life in quietness‚ (maybe a museum or Greek ruins)‚ but still looks good (no major damage). When the poet says “ foster-child with silence and slow time” (2)‚ he means that the urn has been adopted by silence and slow time‚ furthermore‚ it is really
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Ode To a Nightingale In Keats’ 19th century poem‚ Ode To a Nightingale‚ he comments upon the short-lived nature of human life and the concept of mortality through using a contrasting image of a nightingale. In the poem‚ the narrator speaks of this bird yearningly‚ envious of its ability to remain immortal through it’s song‚ and of its detachment from the human world. It is clear that the narrator is experiencing feelings of melancholy‚ and he discusses a personal escape from an existence tainted
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AP Literature 19 August 2013 Ode on Melancholy John Keats’s poem‚ “Ode on Melancholy”‚ serves as an instructional manual on how to cope with sadness and the feeling of melancholy. Through his vivid use of lyrical language and allusions‚ Keats’s is able to depict vivid images that haunt the soul and is able to convey his message that the only way to deal with a sense of melancholy is to accept it. Keats believes that once one can accept sadness and make it a part of his identity‚ then he can overcome
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Ode to a Grecian Urn speech John Keats‚ born 1975‚ was a man who accomplished a lot in his lifetime however his poetic achievements were never truly appreciate until the nineteenth century‚ way after his death. Today Keats is regarded as one of the greatest English poets‚ even though most people only have a partial understanding of his work. Ode to a Grecian urn is one of the five great odes written in 1918. The main theme throughout the poem is this concept of the immortality of art versus the
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ODE TO THE WEST WIND Summary The autumnal west wind sweeps along the leaves and "winged seeds." The seeds will remain dormant until spring. The wind is thus a destroyer and a preserver. The west wind also sweeps along storm clouds. It is the death song of the year. With the night that closes the year will come rain‚ lightning‚ and hail; there will be storms in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The poet pleads with the west wind to endow him with some of its power‚ for he feels depressed and helpless
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“Ode to the West Wind” Theme: - Man and the Natural World Nature itself is more powerful than man but we are part of the natural world therefore man and the natural world is connected. We need to take care of nature as we take care of ourselves for nature is more powerful so then it can strike back to us like the west wind. The west wind represents the period of winter but we know that winter is always followed by spring. Spring symbolizes rebirth‚ life and growth. So we humans
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Ode to the West Wind is a poem addressed to the west wind. It is personified both as a "Destroyer" and a "Preserver". It is seen as a great power of nature that destroys in order to create‚ that kills the unhealthy and the decaying to make way for the new and the fresh. The personification of the west wind as an enchanter‚ as a wild spirit is characteristic of Shelley’s poetry. Shelley’s personification of the west wind can be called "myth poesies"‚ another kind of metaphor. The poem is divided
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