There is also a plentiful image created by the poet in the first stanza. He uses expressions such as 'to bend with apples', 'fill all fruit with ripeness' and 'plump the hazel shells'. This brings and idea of plenty and an example of this is the cottage trees becoming heavier as the apples keep growing on them, which comes from the expression "to bend with apples the moss'd cottage trees".
The poet also regularly uses verbs in the first stanza to create a sense of movement or action. These verbs are found in line five, seven and eight of stanza one. There are such as 'to bend', 'to swell' and 'to set budding'. The use of verbs in this early part of this poem is effective in creating a sense of motion and it makes the reader think deeply about he kind of autumn that the poet is describing.
Finally, in the first stanza, the poet uses repetition to also convey and image of plenty. The expression "to set budding more and still more" shows that there is plenty. It also shows something infinite. The poet uses the repetition of the word 'more' to convey this image. This type of technique used is very effective as it increases the emphasis on the right message that the poet is trying to carry across.
The second stanza focuses on the behaviour of the poet and how he reacted to autumn. It also shows how relaxing autumn was. Again, the poet starts the stanza with an expression, this time a question.
"Who hath not seen Thee oft amid thy store?"
The poet then goes on to answer this question. The third line in the second stanza reads "sitting on a granary floor". This suggests that the poet was relaxing on the granary floor in a laid back atmosphere.
The poet uses the word choice 'winnowing' before including the word wind. This technique is effective because it brings in a sense of motion in the wind and the word 'winnowing' means blowing. When you say the expression winnowing wind, it gives a certain tone to it and that is what the poet
"On a half-reaped furrow sound asleep". This expression used in the second stanza shows how a reaper resting on the furrow under the warm temperatures of autumn. This also shows how the workers rest in the autumn and it is a season of relaxation and an atmosphere of laying back and taking a rest instead of working.
These were all the activities that the poet does in autumn and the word choice used in the second stanza is very effective in conveying the right mood of the season. Particularly in the last sentence, where it states "Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours". This shows the poet looking at the cider oozing out and the repetition of the word 'hours' means that the poet was lying there for quite a long time. This also agrees with the poet about the positive effects of autumn where time is not precious.
The third and final stanza of this poem focuses on death and everything fading away. Again, the poet uses a question to start the stanza and goes on to answer it in the rest of the stanza. The poet uses some words to show things dying and fading away. One example is "soft-dying day". This is effective because it shows how the lovely days of autumn coming to an end. The poet also uses the word 'rosy hue' in a symbolic manner to describe the sun. Another expression used by the poet is "the light wind lives or dies" to bring life to the wind in the form of personification.
The mood of the final stanza is slow and sad as the season of autumn dies. The poet gives examples of animals in distress such as "full-grown lambs loud bleat", which suggests that the lambs getting ready to be slaughtered. It also gives a message to the reader that autumn was a loved season, for the people and even the animals.
The poem as a whole is to prove that autumn was a great season. It also convinced the reader that autumn was bright, warm and relaxing. The poet positively uses word choice and the right mood to give a good impression of autumn. Finally, the poet's use of the techniques listed has allowed me to think more deeply about the subject of the natural word, in this case autumn.
