To Autumn

• What is the title of the poem discussed?

  To Autumn
• What does the term "Elegy" refer to in the context of the poem?

  A mournful poem or song
• Who is the poet of "To Autumn"?

  John Keats
• What season is described as "the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"?

  Autumn
• How is Autumn personified in the poem?

  As a woman who is lazy and nurturing
• What are the key themes presented in "To Autumn"?

  • The beauty of nature
  • The passage of time
  • The cycle of life and death
  • The richness of harvest
• What does Keats refer to as "close bosom friend of the maturing sun"?

  Autumn
• What imagery is used to describe the vines in the poem?

  They are loaded and blessed with fruit
• What does the phrase "to swell the gourd" imply about Autumn's role?

  Autumn nurtures and enhances growth
• What does Keats suggest about the flowers in Autumn?

  They continue to bloom later in the season
• What do the bees think about the warm days in Autumn?

  They think warm days will never cease
• What does the phrase "barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day" suggest?

  It evokes a beautiful sunset in Autumn
• What sounds are associated with Autumn in the poem?

  Gnats mourn, lambs bleat, crickets sing
• How does Keats contrast Autumn with Spring in the poem?

  He highlights Autumn's unique beauty and music
• What does the imagery of "gathering swallows twitter in the skies" signify?

  It represents the transition of seasons
• What is the title of the poem?

  To Autumn
• Who is the author of the poem?

  John Keats
• What season is the poem about?

  Autumn
• What is the first line of the poem?

  Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!
• How does the poem personify Autumn?

  As a woman who is a "close bosom friend of the maturing sun"
• What does the poem say Autumn does to the vines, comage-trees, and gourds?

  Loads and blesses them with fruit
• What does the poem say Autumn does to the hazel shells?

  Plumps them with a sweet kernel
• What does the poem say Autumn does to set budding more and later flowers for the bees?

  Causes them to bloom
• What does the poem say Autumn has done to the bees' clammy cells?

  Overbrimmed them
• Where does the poem say Autumn can sometimes be found?

  Sitting careless on a granary floor, on a half-reaped furrow sound asleep, and keeping steady a laden head across a brook
• What does the poem say Autumn does by a cider-press?

  Watches the last ogrings hours by hours
• What does the poem say has happened to the songs of Spring?

  They are gone
• What does the poem say Autumn has instead of the songs of Spring?

  Its own music
• What does the poem say happens to the clouds as the day dies?

  They bloom the soft-dying day
• What does the poem say the clouds do to the stubble-plains?

  Touch them with a rosy hue
• What does the poem say the small gnats do among the river sallows?

  Mourn in a wallful choir
• What does the poem say the full-grown lambs do from the hilly bourn?

  Loud bleat
• What does the poem say the hedge crickets do?

  Sing
• What does the poem say the red-breast does with a treble soft?

  Whistles
• What does the poem say the gathering swallows do in the skies?

  Twitter
• How does the poem contrast Autumn with Spring?

  The poem says the songs of Spring are gone, but Autumn has its own music instead
• If you wanted to calculate the area of a circle with radius $r =$$5\text{ cm}$, what formula would you use?


  $A =$$\pi r^2 =$$25\pi \text{ cm}^2$
• What are the key themes and imagery in the poem "To Autumn" by John Keats?

  • Personification of Autumn as a woman
  • Abundance, fruitfulness, and ripeness of Autumn
  • Contrast between Autumn and Spring
  • Sensory imagery (sights, sounds, smells) of Autumn
  • Themes of mortality, the cycle of life, and the transience of time
• How does the poem's personification of Autumn contribute to its themes?

  The personification of Autumn as a woman emphasizes its abundance, ripeness, and transience, reflecting the cycle of life
• How does the poem's use of sensory imagery create a vivid depiction of Autumn?

  • Sight: "mists and mellow fruitfulness", "barred clouds", "rosy hue"
  • Sound: "small gnats mourn", "hedge crickets sing", "red-breast whistles", "swallows twitter"
  • Touch: "laden head", "winnowing wind"
  • Smell/Taste: "sweet kernel", "cyder-press"