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1
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What does the title ‘To Autumn’ suggest?

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The title ‘To Autumn’ suggests a letter, late summer and something seasonal

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Who wrote the poem?

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John Keats

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What is the poem about overall?

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The poem is about cycle of life and death in nature

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Why the poem written?

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Keat wrote the poem as an ode to Autumn, based on a beautiful, Autumnal walk as a celebration of life, as it is thought Keats was dying of TB when he write the poem

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What is the structure of the poem? What does it reflect?

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The poem is written in iambic pentameter which relfects the constant cycle of life and death

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What is the rhyme scheme? What does it signify?

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It also has a repetitive rhyme scheme, which breakes down and changes towards the end of the 2nd and 3rd stanzas, signifying change and time passsing, as seasons change

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Name the first theme of the poem. Explain.

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One theme of the poem is NATURE. It features changing seasons and praises the utter beauty of nature

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Name the second theme of the poem. Explain

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A second theme of the poem is TIME. As seasons change, and winter/death approaches, the POWER of time is evident
Human power isn’t constant, but natural power is

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“mellow fruitfulness!”

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mellifluous alliterative phrase
in praise of nature’s delicacy and beauty

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“close bosom-friend”

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symbolism
implying the intimacy of nature as there is an abundance of late summer/early autumn

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“o’erbrimm’d their clammy cells”

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negative connotations
summer has provided too much

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“winnowing wind”

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alliteration
reminds us of how time is passing as the wind moves

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“a half-reap’d furrow”

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mournful tone
only half the harvest has been taken & winter is coming

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“where are the songs of Spring?”

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rhetorical question/sombre tone
Winter has come

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“the small gnats mourn”

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personification
Perhaps Keats knew he was dying of TB as nature embraces death/winter