The title suggests that this poem is an ode kind of lyric poem that is meant to be sung or sung in praise of a specific person or thing, and in this case, Autumn
What quotes create a celebratory tone?
â Mist and mellow fruitfulness!â alliterative sentence
â bosom-friendâ
â blessâ
â sweetâ
â flowersâ
â warm daysâ
what quotes create a semantic field of abundance?
â fruitfulnessâ
â all fruit with ripeness to the coreâ
âoâerbrimmed their clammy shellsâ alliteration
â to bend with applesâ so heavy that the tree is bendin
what does John Keats do throughout this poem to autumn?
He personifies autumn as a close friend
â close bosom friendâ suggest how man and nature have an almost symbiotic relationship relationship
John Keats praises autumn through the line â until they think warm days will never cease, / For summer has oâerbrimmed their clammy cellsâ as he describes autumn through personification as being generous.
what is the first line of the second stanza and why is it significant?
â who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?â
it is a rhetorical question, suggesting that autumn is an excellent helper during the harvest