Analysis

• "To Autumn" - Keats named his poem "To Autumn" as he wanted to celebrate the season.
• "Seasons of mist" - Autumn is a season of change
• "mellow fruitfulness"- the adjective 'mellow' suggests that autumn is calm and that the changes are not disruptive.
• "Close bosom friend"- suggests that autumn works with summer to produce wonderful things.
• "maturing sun"- the adjective "maturing" is used to describe the sun. It's suggesting that time is passing.
• "Conspiring"- the verb suggests that autumn is quiet and secretive
• "ripeness to the core"- suggests that autumn is the best season and represents the peak time in life.
• "plump" and "o'erbrimm'd"- Keats uses adjectives such as "plump" and "o'erbrimm'd" to show the abundance of food that Autumn creates
• "And still more"- Autumn is able to 'trick' nature and the wildlife into thinking that summer will never end.
• "Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?"- Keats speaks directly to autumn. This suggests that autumn can clearly be seen anywhere.
• "Thee sitting careless on a granary floor"- autumn is personified and this suggests that autumn works hard to make the changes in the season.
• "Drows'd with the fume of poppies"- could imply that autumn is intoxicating and overwhelmingly beautiful
• "Steady thy laden head across a brook;"- autumn needs to rest due to all the changes 'she' has made.
• "Thou watchest the last oozing hours by hours."- Autumn has time to observe the changes it has made and enjoy the difference it has made to nature.
• "Where are the songs of Spring?"- This implies that nature needs to be reassured, that it is a season which should be admired.
• "Ay where are they?"- Due to the changes autumn has made, spring has been forgotten; implies that autumn is powerful.
• "The red-beast"- suggests that autumn has done its job and winter is on its way.
• "And gathering swallows twitter in the skies."- the last line could suggest that Keats is ready for death and to 'move on' just as the 'swallows' are 'gathering' to move on to warmer climates.
• In the last stanza, Keats uses language associated with death such as 'soft-dying', 'wailful' and 'mourn'. This could imply that autumn is dying and that Keats's own life is coming to an end.