Critical analysis of 'Ode to Autumn'.
Critical analysis of 'Ode to Autumn' John Keats was born in 1795. He was known to be a romantic poet; poetry that describes the natural world. The poem ode to autumn was written in 1819. Sadly Keats died in 1820. The poem ode to autumn is about how the season of autumn progresses. The first stanza of the poem is about the end of summer beginning of autumn. In this stanza Keats uses powerful adjectives to portray the English autumn. A good example of this are the lines,' And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;.........To swell the gourd, and plump he hazel shells.' The adjectives ripeness and plump paint an image in the mind of lots of fruits, they make the reader think of lush colours like red and orange. He describes fruits in this stanza because since autumn is coming there are lots of fruits that will be harvested. Also in the stanza Keats talks about summer. Evidence of this are the lines,' And still more later flowers for the bees.........Until they think warm days will never cease.' These lines explain that it has been a long summer. Keats explains this because always at the end of summer you it has been too hot for to long. You also anticipate the coming of the next season. The second stanza is about the middle of autumn. Evidence of this is the use of words connected with to harvesting such as granary. Since people harvest in the middle of autumn that is
By comparing Boccacios 'Lisabetta' and keats's 'Isabella' what do we learn about Keats's interests in his writing?
By comparing Boccacios 'Lisabetta' and keats's 'Isabella' what do we learn about Keats's interests in his writing In Keats's version of 'Decameron' he uses the original as a base to reflect his own style and writing techniques. He basically makes it his own and he does this in a number of ways. The most obvious of these adaptations is the fact that Keats has turned a novel style piece of writing into poetic verse. 'Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! Lorenzo, a young palmer in loves eye!' This is the first two lines of Keats's Isabella, from the start Keats uses imaginative description, this again is another difference of the two. Boccaccio's writing is far more factual, this creates a good affect but Keats chooses the other option and lets his imagination and also the reader's imagination to tell the story. 'Know then that there were at Messina three young men, that were brothers and merchants, who were left very rich on the death of their father' As you can see by comparing the two beginnings of each piece, it is easy to see their differences already. In the beginning of Keats's version he immediately refers to the lovers, he bases his whole poem around the love of these two people, however Boccaccio's original is quite different, he starts off by talking of the brothers, and he instead of love his story revolves around murder and treachery. This major difference could be
Compare and contrast the views of Autumn inTed Hughes's 'There Came A Day' and John Keats's ' Ode To Autumn'. How do thepoets use language to convey these views?
Compare and contrast the views of Autumn in Ted Hughes's 'There Came A Day' and John Keats's ' Ode To Autumn'. How do the poets use language to convey these views? There are many similarities and differences between the two autumn poems 'There came a day' by Ted Hughes and 'Ode to autumn' by John Keats. Both poems are based on autumn but they portray it in different ways. 'There came a day' presents autumn in a negative way where as 'ode to autumn' presents it in a positive way. The reason that John Keats may have written in a in a positive way about autumn is because he was a pre-twentieth century poet and had a love for nature and respect for the countryside. The style in which he writes is known as 'romanticism', which is when the poet writes from a personal view, rather than based on facts. Ted Hughes was a twentieth century poet and wrote in a slightly different way to John Keats. He knew a lot about nature and was fond of animals and plants. This could explain why he felt autumn is a harsh and ruthless season, because it symbolises decay and the end of most plant life until spring. We can tell from the title of John Keats's poem 'Ode To Autumn' that it is a positive poem, and obviously about autumn. The title means 'to praise autumn' which implies that it is going to be about the good aspects of the season. However, in Ted Hughes's 'There Came a Day' there is a sense
The Eve of St. Agnesis built up of a series of deliberate contrasts. By means of a close examination of three distinct passages, explore Keats' use of contrast in the poem.
Alex Ezrati 12*6 The Eve of St. Agnes is built up of a series of deliberate contrasts. By means of a close examination of three distinct passages, explore Keats' use of contrast in the poem. There are three main contrasts used in this poem - Christian/Pagan imagery, cold/warm images, and often the contrast of colour. In a way, temperature and colour are linked; deep reds, yellows and oranges represent heat and life, whereas blues and silvers indicate chill absence of life. Also in The Eve of St. Agnes is a strong question of whether Porphyro's intentions are honest and wholesome, or if he is somehow using Madeline's trance-like state and helplessness to his perverse advantage. It is also full of wonderful Keatsian paradoxes, which will also be outlined in the contrast analyses. There is a strong element of the harsh outside world invading the warmth and safety of Madeline's glowing room, and also the suspense of the other guests, who could catch the unwelcome Porphyro at any time. Through constant clashes of colour, emotion, light and sound, Keats makes this a very unsettling and suspenseful poem, showing a far darker and more ominous side to the dominating man's role in courtly love. 'Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest,
How does Keats capture the essence of a season in "To Autumn"?
How does Keats capture the essence of a season in "To Autumn"? The poem is made up of three stanzas and shows the movement in time from late summer to early winter. The first stanza details the many activities that take place during the season, using expressive language, such as, 'maturing, ripeness, plump, and clammy'. The use of this language serves to leave the reader with a more positive and warming image of autumn. He personifies autumn as a 'close bosom friend of the maturing sun'. Autumn is described as the suns closest friend, which shows the reader what a warm season autumn can be. The sun is 'conspiring with him how to load and bless'. The sun and autumn are working together as a team to ripen the fruit ready for harvest time. The sun is described as 'maturing' as if it is a person reaching the end of its life. This also suggests that the sun dies in winter when it disappears from the sky. Keats also personifies the gnats. 'In a wailful choir the small gnats mourn'. The use of alliteration with, 'seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness, and maturing sun,' set the scene of the poem with its mellow and relaxed tones. The use of enjambment in the third and seventh lines in the first stanza also slows the tempo down, and this makes the reader focus on the shape and form of the poem. The repetition of, 'more' in 'to set budding more and still more' again adds to
Compare and contrast William Wordsworth and John Keats' attitude towards nature in the poems "Ode To Automn" , "Ode To A Nightingale", "The Solitary Reaper", "Daffodils" and "To A Sky-Lark".
Compare and contrast William Wordsworth and John Keats' attitude towards nature in the poems "Ode To Automn" , "Ode To A Nightingale", "The Solitary Reaper", "Daffodils" and "To A Sky-Lark" William Wordsworth and John Keats were two of the greatest poets of the Romantic age. Keats belonged to the younger generation of the Romantic poets who revolutionised the nature of poetry in English literature. The poems showed their great devotion to nature, they emphasis on to imagination to the super natural and also the reverence they showed to every object in nature. The poems I have chosen "Ode To Autumn" , "Ode To A Nightingale", "The Solitary Reaper", "Daffodils" and "To A Sky-Lark" all show even by the titles themselves how the poets give importance to common everyday objects of nature. All these poems show how passionately the poets felt about nature and they link different objects or experiences in nature with a greater understanding about the mystery of nature and the cycle of human life. Wordsworth and Keats through their poems "To A Sky-Lark" and "Ode To A Nightingale" express the desire to escape from the human world into the world of nature's singers. "To A Sky-Lark" is written in a sober but fairly joyous mood. The sense of enjoyment of the sky lark's song and the uplifting effect it has on the poet is shown through the repetition of "Up with me, Up with me into the
The Women in 'My Last Duchess' and 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' Represent Two Very Different Kinds of Personality. Through a Comparison of Both Poems, Explain What These Differences are and What Effect the Women Have on the Men Around Them.
Ellen Adams 11ZA2 The Women in 'My Last Duchess' and 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' Represent Two Very Different Kinds of Personality. Through a Comparison of Both Poems, Explain What These Differences are and What Effect the Women Have on the Men Around Them. Although two very different poems, there are many similarities as well as differences between 'My Last Duchess' and 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci'. In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the two poems written by Robert Browning (My last Duchess) and John Keats (La belle dame sans merci). I am also going to examine what affect they have upon their lovers and the men around them. There are many noticeable differences between the Duchess and the Belle Dame. Firstly, they both have very different kinds of personality. The Duchess tends to be quite sweet and unprovoking. She is also very unaware of the feelings she generates between her and other men :- 'The bough of cherries some officious fool broke in the orchard for her'. The Duke, to whom she is married to in this case seems to think she is flirtatious in this respect, however, Browning shows us that, although that may seem the case, she is so naïve that she doesn't realise she is doing that. The character of La Belle Dame is very different. She is very mysterious and powerful. This gives the impression that she may not be real and could, in fact be a fairy. As
Compare the ways in which Keats addresses personal concerns in "Ode to a Nightingale and "When I have fears".
Compare the ways in which Keats addresses personal concerns in "Ode to a Nightingale and "When I have fears" Many of the poems that Keats wrote address a lot of personal concerns that he had in his life. Keats was writing in the Romantic period and was the eldest child of a family in which many members had died of consumption. He spent most of life living in the knowledge that he too would probably die of consumption. In his writing he expresses these thoughts on suffering and tries to realise his fate through his poems. His personal concerns of death, beauty and poetry also contain great conflicts, doubts and inconsistencies within his feelings about them. He makes these come alive by using sensual imagery and by experimenting with different poetic techniques and forms. In this essay I will compare Keats' personal concerns and how he addresses these concerns in "Ode to a Nightingale" and "When I have Fears". Both poems 'Ode to a Nightingale' and 'When I have Fears' deal with similar themes - that of Keats relationship with death, beauty and poetry. Stanza three of 'Ode to a Nightingale' shows Keats' depression and illness in its full context. He describes the many woes of illness: "the weariness, the fever and the fret" and uses a whole stanza to convey this. He also talks about the utter despair that he feels and how the illness has caused him to lose everything: "where
Rousseau stated that 'I felt before I thought' captured the spirit of the Romantic Movement. Referring in detail to one of Keats' poems, illustrate the qualities which make Keats a Romantic poet.
Rousseau stated that 'I felt before I thought' captured the spirit of the Romantic Movement. Referring in detail to one of Keats' poems, illustrate the qualities which make Keats a Romantic poet. 'I felt before I thought' was Rousseau's description of the Romantic Movement; it illustrates the spirit of Romanticism which in essence is a style of poetry that puts great emphasis on emotion and spontaneous self-expression, as opposed to the structured and rational thinking that had been common in literature prior to the Romantic Movement. Keats' poems, such as 'To Autumn' and 'The Eve of St Agnes' demonstrate many of the themes which are typical of this style of writing. Keats was born in Moorfields, London in 1975 and was the eldest of four children. He attended a school in Enfield from 1803 to 1811 where he was introduced to poetry by the headmaster's son, Charles Cowden. From an early stage in his life Keats was exposed to the bitter tragedy of death: In 1804, his father Thomas died after being thrown from a horse and only six years later, in 1810 Keats lost his mother to tuberculosis. In 1811 Keats became the apprentice of an apothecary and it was during this time that he became particularly interested in poetry. In 1815 he left his apprenticeship to take up medicine at Guy's Hospital. Within a year, however, Keats had abandoned this profession for poetry. He soon became
A particularly powerful portrayal of nature. Examine the techniques the poet uses in order to present nature to the reader and say how effective you found the depiction of nature to be." 'Ode to Autumn' is a pastoral poem written by John Keats
Critical Essay: 'Ode to Autumn' Declan Pang "Choose a poem which you feel is a particularly powerful portrayal of nature. Examine the techniques the poet uses in order to present nature to the reader and say how effective you found the depiction of nature to be." 'Ode to Autumn' is a pastoral poem written by John Keats. As suggested by the title, it focuses around the season of autumn and presents a particularly powerful portrayal of nature to the reader. The subject of nature is apparent throughout the poem due to Keats' skilful use of literary techniques, especially the underlying narcotic mood that he adopts and develops to such a great effect. In the first stanza of the poem, there is much imagery and description which contributes towards the idea that autumn is a season of fruitfulness and productivity and a time when fruits are filled "with ripeness to the core". The very first line of the poem states that autumn is a "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness". This idea is continued throughout the stanza by Keats' use of words such as "swell" and "plump", which all suggest that the fruits of the plants and trees have become fully-grown and have matured. The impression of maturity in nature is repeated in the same stanza as Keats refers to the "maturing sun". This evidence creates the notion that autumn is a time of richness and opulence as the fruit is always