John Keats’ To Autumn and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind

Explain (tell me what image the poem brings to mind)She begins by describing the "death of winter's leaves".

In “Spring and All”, Williams personifies spring, and the season takes on anthropological attributes, to change the dimension of the poem. When Williams brings up the season, he characterizes “spring” as “sluggish and dazed” (line 14-15). He uses these attributes to describe the season in order to personify the spring season, in order to make it more relatable to the reader. Williams’ poem is personified again, in a way that defines the cyclical nature of plant life. Williams describes plants as entering “the new world naked, cold, uncertain of all save that they enter” (line 16-18) therefore comparing plants to human babies by using the words “naked” and “uncertain”. The use of these keywords furthers his intention for the reader to relate directly with the natural realm. He spends a significant amount of detail in defining the characteristics of dead plants. This image is significant to the poem, as leads us to knowing that winter is truly exanimate and cold. In the context of the entire poem, it tells us that there has to be a death in order for a new life to

Throughout the poem, Laurie Lee uses personification to relate that the arrival of autumn causes death to different aspects of nature. Lee describes how “slow moves the hour that sucks our life” (Lee 21). She uses personification to compare a prolonged period of time to drawing out death expressing that fall kills everything slowly. Also, Lee explains that “the day hangs fire, taking the village without sound”(Lee 5-6). Lee compares the sun illuminating the village to an assassin quietly killing off its prey. Furthermore, she believes that the sun is overpowering everything when it rises earlier as days shorten. Lastly, Lee uses personification to describe how autumn slowly changes the atmosphere of nature and destroys life as each day passes.

The poem, “Field of Autumn”, by Laurie Lee exposes the languorous passage of time along with the unavoidability of closure, more precisely; death, by describing a shift of seasons. In six stanzas, with four sentences each, the author also contrasts two different branches of time; past and future. Death and slowness are the main motifs of this literary work, and are efficiently portrayed through the overall assonance of the letter “o”, which helps the reader understand the tranquility of the poem by creating an equally calmed atmosphere. This poem is to be analyzed by stanzas, one per paragraph, with the exception of the third and fourth stanzas, which will be analyzed as one for a better understanding of Lee’s poem.

This shows that meteorological conditions are able to affect a character’s thoughts and alter their feelings. As has been noted, Shelley accentuates the description of spring to express the hope and renewal bestowed upon the creature by the exemplifications of the weather.

For centuries, seasons have been understood to stand for the same set of meanings. Seasons are easily understood by the reader, and are easy for the writer to use; as Foster states, “Seasons can work magic on us, and writers can work magic with seasons” (Foster 192). The different seasons are a huge part of our lives; we live through each one every year, and we know how each of them impacts our lives. This closeness between people and nature allows us to be greatly impacted by the use of seasons in literature. In addition, Foster lays out the basic meanings of each season for us: autumn is harvest, decline, tiredness; winter is anger, hatred, cold, old age; summer is passion, love, happiness, beauty; and spring is childhood and youth. On the

Galway Kinnell described in his poem “Two Seasons” the simple story of a relationship. What makes this poem special is that it is split into two parts. The first part of the poem seems to describe the beginning of the relationship. The two people are completely in love. From the perspective of the narrator we can see how in love he is. The summer back drop adds to the beauty of the relationship; the imagery that Kinnell uses creates a feeling of happiness and love. When we picture summer, for the most part, we think of happiness, freedom, and beauty. It’s a time devoted to lazy days and in this case, love. Then the second part of the poem starts out with a more somber mood. The mention of winter and a bitter winds creates a much different

Petry personifies the wind throughout the excerpt as harsh, bitter, and does what it pleases. The wind does not care for others, and is a major obstacle for most. In line 9, the wind is described by the narrator as a “violent assault.” Petry includes this description of the wind to describe how fierce and aggressive the wind actually is. Another use of personification is in lines 31-34 when, “the wind grabbed their hats…” This example shows how the wind

The poem, “O Autumn, Autumn!” used many detailed words and phrases. Overall, the poem was written about the season autumn, and the feeling you get during this time. The first stanza talked about the type of atmosphere the season helps you feel. Newsome expands on the mood of the season autumn. Newsome talks about the deep color of the sky. This helps the reader visualize how the autumn sky looks. Furthermore, she goes into detail about the ground, and how it appeals to everyone; moreover, she explains the beautiful color of the leaves, and how they are fluttering everywhere. There are beautiful butterflies and robins flying by in clusters everywhere. Then, she talks about the summer feeling slowly going away, and slowly moving into the autumn season. Throughout her poem, she used meticulous phrases. She describes the sky and the leaves in details that help you picture in your mind. Professor Emerita at Ohio State University talked about how she has a great amount of imagery in her poems. She describes everything in detail, and help the reader imbibe the

The four seasons, spring, summer, winter, and fall, all have a unique trait about them. From the flower blossoms on the budding trees, to the barren branches covered with snow, they all are different seasons with attributes that we all have a likeness for. The author favors Fall out of all of the other seasons, and Uses the five senses to describe

The first movement, “Spring,” in E Major represents the birdsong of the season. The solo violin is supported by two other violin soloists, Jorge Ochoa and Martin Irving. Unfortunately, the cohesiveness between the three violins was slightly off in tempo. However, they quickly recovered representing a high level of musicianship. Next, “Summer,” demonstrates the intense heat and storms by the G Minor key. Takayama imitates the goldfinch, turtledove, and cuckoo on her violin while the orchestra imitates buzzing insects. Later, in F Major, “Autumn,” consists of the theme of a drunken solist which provides extreme freedom in the music. Lastly, the terrifying season of “Winter” voices the frozen water and bitter cold of the outside air. The instruments begin by conversing in F Minor prior to the virtuosic entrance of solist, Akemi Takayama. The second movement switches to E-flat Major, demonstrating the coziness of the indoors during the colder

this shows Keats' view on life; that we are born, we live, and then we

After expressing his awe of the wind, Ascham goes on to describe the ways the wind moves, connecting the four major ways the wind exists. In the first way he describes, the wind “would not be past two yards broad, and so it would carry the snow as far as I could see” (48). Despite the wind being small in size, it managed to carry the snow a long distance, showing its strength. The next description shows the wind’s change in size, saying that it could blow across an entire field in one go. Connected by size, these descriptions show that no matter the size of the wind, it can be equivalent in strength. Then, another description goes on to discuss the movement of the wind, and how its speed varies. Once again, this connects to the idea that size does not matter with the wind, and can blow as strongly or as gently as nature demands. Finally, the last description discusses

Throughout the beginning of the poem, Keats touches on the beauty and richness of autumn. He accomplishes this by introducing distinct fall imagery. For example, Keats writes in lines 5 and 6, “To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees; And fill all fruit with the ripeness of to the cores” (414). Having the trees’ branches being bent by the weight of the apples and the fruit being ripe to its core, the narrator points to the plumpness and maturity of the fruit. Typically, fruit reaches this fullness in autumn when it is ready to harvest. Keats uses this delectable and pleasant image of the fruit to not only demonstrate the mouthwatering joys nature has to offer during this season, but to also