In ‘To Autumn’ Keats is describing about a woman, comparing it to nature. The Rhyme scheme reflects the mood of the poem, showing that it is a gentle meandering sonnet.
Each Stanza, is portraying Autumn as a female “Drows’d with the fume of poppies”. Describing Autumn as a women “Patient Look” shows that Keats is describing a women. This is showing love. He uses nature to describe the women he is in love with. In this third stanza, the speaker addresses the season autumn. He tells her of the sounds that are made during autumn. Again, we see the speaker expressing love for this season by describing the sounds that autumn is surrounded by. He is expressing that life is not the same without Autumn. Autumn is shown to be a person. He is describing the harvest and showing us that Autumn is the reason why there is harvest and why the food rips. This reflects to show that Autumn, the women makes days brighter for Keats. Metaphors are used in the third stanza to compare the sounds made in autumn to music. A quote from the text states, “Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft”. Keats compares the noises made by hedge-crickets to musical notes.
In ‘Shall I compare thee’ is addressed to a young man. The first line shows the comparison of the youth with a summer day. But the second line says that the youth is more perfect than a summer day. “More temperate” can be interpreted as more gentle. He is linking seasons to the youth. In lines 9 and 12, Shakespeare compares Summer to the poem by trying to explain that love will never fade and will be like an eternal Summer. He also uses visual sensation by comparing ‘someone’ to summer. Shakespeare personifies that the person is perfect as it states in line 5 “Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines” This shows that the weather is changing, but the person stays the same and is just perfect. On the other hand, “his gold complexion,” the face of the sun, can be dimmed by overcast and clouds. According to line 7, all beautiful things sometimes decline from their state of beauty. Shakespeare also writes the sonnet as if it was a conversation “Shall I compare thee to a Summers day?” He is giving the readers to think and be able to take part in to poem. Spring occurs in Summer, which is usually a link to young life and imagery of love. Shakespeare is showing himself not only as a lover, but also as a poet. The Third Couplet states “So long as men can breath or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee” This means that for as long as humans live and breathe on earth with eyes that can see, this is how long these verses will live. This illustrates that his love will last for eternity. ‘This’ on the last lines, also refer to the poem itself. It is the poem which captures the beauty of the young man forever.
Altogether Love is a more important theme then nature in the two Sonnets. Sonnets are poems about love and ‘To Autumn’ and ‘Shall I compare thee’ are about love. Keats portrays nature to a woman, but he is describing the affection he feels for her. Shakespeare is writing about his love to a young youth. The poems are mostly based around love in various forms and are showing their feelings towards people.