Ode to Autumn by John Keats
Ode to autumn by John Keats
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
Where are the songs of spring? Ay, Where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
About Author
John Keats was a great poet of the Romantic Period. Among the Romantic poets he was the last to be born and the first to die. He was born prematurely in 1795. He existed for the sake of poetry. He believed that that poetry should be spontaneous. His major works are ‘Endymion’, ‘Hyperion’, and ‘The Fall of Hyperion’. His fame rests on his five odes ‘Ode to Psyche’, ‘Ode on Melancholy’, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ and ‘Ode to Autumn’. . 'Ode To Autumn' is the last of the great odes of John Keats. It was composed in September 1819. Critics consider that it is the best ode of John Keats. It beautifully unites mood, meter and thought.
Introduction of the Poem
It was composed in September 1819. This is a three stanza poem where each stanza contains 11 lines. Critics consider that it is the best ode of John Keats. The central theme of this poem is fulfillment or maturity. It beautifully unites mood, meter and thought.
Summary
The poet addresses the autumn season and believes that it is the season of mists and ripening of fruits. Autumn season cooperates with the sun and ripens to the fruits. The fruits have ripened to core and nuts are filled with sweet kernel. The branches of the tree are bent due to the weight of apples. The flowers bloom more in this season. The bees taste the sweetness of these flowers and believe that this season will never end. The ‘Autumn’ is seen in various forms. It has been presented as a farmer, a reaper and a gleaner. Poet remarks that the music and beauty of ‘Autumn’ can be seen in the mourn of gnats, bleating of lambs, chirping of the grasshoppers and twittering of red breast.
John Keats was a great poet of the Romantic Period. Among the Romantic poets he was the last to be born and the first to die. He was born prematurely in 1795. He existed for the sake of poetry. He believed that that poetry should be spontaneous. His major works are ‘Endymion’, ‘Hyperion’, and ‘The Fall of Hyperion’. His fame rests on his five odes ‘Ode to Psyche’, ‘Ode on Melancholy’, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ and ‘Ode to Autumn’. . 'Ode To Autumn' is the last of the great odes of John Keats. It was composed in September 1819. Critics consider that it is the best ode of John Keats. It beautifully unites mood, meter and thought.
Introduction of the Poem
It was composed in September 1819. This is a three stanza poem where each stanza contains 11 lines. Critics consider that it is the best ode of John Keats. The central theme of this poem is fulfillment or maturity. It beautifully unites mood, meter and thought.
Summary
The poet addresses the autumn season and believes that it is the season of mists and ripening of fruits. Autumn season cooperates with the sun and ripens to the fruits. The fruits have ripened to core and nuts are filled with sweet kernel. The branches of the tree are bent due to the weight of apples. The flowers bloom more in this season. The bees taste the sweetness of these flowers and believe that this season will never end. The ‘Autumn’ is seen in various forms. It has been presented as a farmer, a reaper and a gleaner. Poet remarks that the music and beauty of ‘Autumn’ can be seen in the mourn of gnats, bleating of lambs, chirping of the grasshoppers and twittering of red breast.
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