Compare the ways in which John Keats in To Autumn and Robert Browning in Home Thoughts From Abroad treat the different seasons

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Compare the ways in which John Keats in To Autumn and Robert Browning in Home Thoughts From Abroad treat the different seasons

Both the seasons mention spring. In To Autumn the author (John Keats) talks about spring as being something that is long missed. 'where are the songs of spring'. This could be reflected upon as something that is missed or yearned for. In Home Thoughts From Abroad Robert Browning talks about the season of spring. Although it is not directly talked about in the poem the author suggests that it is good to be in England at that time. 'Now that April is there.' April is the season of spring. This shows that both the poems treat the seasons differently. In To Autumn the author describes the season as if he is actually there. 'To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells.' Yet, in the other poem Robert Browning describes spring as if he is looking in from another country into England. 'Far brighter than this gaudy melon flower.' Both the poems give ideas of imagery, To Autumn gives ideas of fruits and the fullness of Autumn. When the poem describes the bees it says how