The speaker addresses autumn directly and personifies it as a ... As readers we are invited to share in Keats’ thought process. We are effectively drawn in by a lively and vibrant description ...

This video is a reading of ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats. It is a poem in praise of autumn. Content, ideas, language and structure are explored. Comparisons and alternative interpretations are ...

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Keats’ poem is far more of a celebration of the power of autumn; although death is still present it is recognised as part of the inevitable circle of life. Keats’ poem progresses across the ...

Ripeness: autumn is seen as a time when the fruit is ... In the same way the speaker’s life continues to head towards death. Keats focuses on the life and goodness which nature produces.

Keats initially trained as a surgeon but gave it up to write poetry. Six months after completing To Autumn, he experienced the first signs of the tuberculosis that would end his life. In the poem ...

Although the poem is about autumn (when ripened things have started to decay and die), it is hinted that spring and regrowth is not all that far away. Interpretation The poem is about everything ...