‘Ode to Autumn’

‘Ode to Autumn’

In this poem, John Keats describes about Autumn and human behaviour in this season. In first stanza general qualities of autumn was discussed by Keats. In second stanza and third stanza Keats described about interjections of autumn season. Here autumn is personified with women who interects with sun(male). In first stanza Keats presents the early staged of autumn. In autumn season weather is still sunny and warm. In autumn season flowers blooms and butterflies think that summer should never end. Here Keats is also discussed about the beauty of nature like trees, grounds and flowers.
“Autumn” is rich in imaginary, evoking the perception of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. Each stanza includes all the senses especially ‘smell’ and ‘touch’. The strong smell of the early morning mist, the sweet smell of flowers attracting bees and butterflies. Although visual beauty is evoked by the sun going down on the “stubble-plains”, it is the sense of hearing that sets the rhythm in the last stanza. The last stanza represents harvesting during autumn season and starting of winters. Here Keats also discussed about the beauty of spring season that the clouds bloom over the day; where are they? After harvesting there was left grains parts which is used for the food of animals. The red breast bird whistles in the garden and gathering swallows. Here Keats used swallow birds as the symbol of hope.

The Poet or the speaker opens the ode by addressing Autumn, describing its relationship with the sun, with whom Autumn ripens fruits and causes the late flowers to bloom.
Next, the speaker describes the figure of Autumn as a female goddess, often seen sitting on the granary floor, her hair are softly lift by the wind, and often seen sleeping in the fields or watching a cider-press squeezing the juice from apples.
Next, the speaker tells Autumn not to feel sad about where the songs of spring have gone, but instead to listen to her own music. At twilight time, the small gnats hum among the river sallows, or willow trees, lifted and dropped by the wind, and full-grown lambs bleat from the hills, crickets sing, robins whistle from the garden, and swallows, gathering for their coming migration, sing from the skies.
All these Songs make autumn as worth watching and hearing weather.



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