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Who is the author of the poem "To Autumn"?
John Keats
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What literary movement is John Keats associated with?
Romanticism
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What theme do Romantic poets, including Keats, focus on?
The beauty and power of
nature
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What was John Keats suffering from while writing "To Autumn"?
Tuberculosis
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How did Keats view his own mortality while writing the poem?
He was aware that death was
imminent
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What does the first stanza of "To Autumn" represent?
The
prime of life
Excitement and productivity
Abundance in nature
Temporary state of perfection
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What does the phrase "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" imply?
Autumn
is
enjoyable
and
productive
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What does the term "mellow" suggest about autumn?
It implies
smoothness
and relaxation
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What does "fruitfulness" indicate in the context of the poem?
Nature is
thriving
and productive
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What does the line "to swell the gourd and plump the hazel shells" symbolize?
Growth
and ripening of life
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What does the phrase "until they think warm days will never cease" imply?
Naivety about the
permanence
of
perfection
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How does the tone shift in the second stanza of "To Autumn"?
From
excitement
to
lethargy
and passivity
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What does the imagery of "sitting careless on a granary floor" suggest?
A lack of
productivity
and passivity
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What does the personification of autumn in the second stanza imply?
Autumn is compared to the
grim reaper
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What does "the last oozings hours by hours" signify?
The
preciousness
of time running out
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What does the final stanza of "To Autumn" convey?
Mourning the loss of
spring
Acceptance of
mortality
Imagery of death and funerals
Transition from
autumn
to winter
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What do the rhetorical questions in the final stanza express?
A sense of
sorrow
and loss
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What does "stubble plains with rosy hue" symbolize?
A barren landscape after
harvest
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What does the imagery of "whaleful choir" suggest?
Funeral
rituals
and mourning
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How does the imagery of lambs in the final stanza relate to death?
Lambs are slaughtered after reaching
maturity
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What does the final image of swallows gathering imply?
Souls ascending to heaven
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What are the key themes in "To Autumn"?
Nature: shifts from beauty to
menace
Time
: relentless and threatening
Change
: inevitable transformation and acceptance
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How does Keats's portrayal of nature differ from Wordsworth's in "The Prelude"?
Keats focuses on
aging
and
death
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What does Dickinson's poem "As Imperceptibly as Grief" suggest about time?
Time leads to
recovery
and healing
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How do both Keats and Dickinson address resistance to change?
Both highlight
discomfort
with moving
forward
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