1Analysis of Keats' To Autumn John Keats' poem To Autumn is essentially an ode to Autumn and the change of seasons. He was apparently inspired by observing nature; his detailed description of natural occurrences has a pleasant appeal to the readers' senses. Keats also alludes to a certain unpleasantness connected to Autumn, and links it to a time of death. However, Keats' association between stages of Autumn and the process of dying does not take away from the "ode" effect of the poem. The three-stanza poem seems to create three distinct stages of Autumn: growth, harvest, and death. The theme going in the first stanza is that Autumn is a season of fulfilling, yet the theme ending the final stanza is that Autumn is a season of dying. However, by using the stages of Autumn's as a metaphor for the process of death, Keats puts the concept of death in a different, more favorable light. In the first stanza, the "growth" stanza, Keats appeal. .
2) To Autumn A Proclamation of Life and Hope The poem "To Autumn" is an amazing piece of work written by one of the greatest poets of all time, John Keats. From a simple reading, the poem paints a beautiful picture of the coming season. However, one may wonder if there is more to the poem than what the words simply say. After it is studied and topics such as sound, diction and imagery are analyzed, one can clearly say that Keats used those techniques to illustrate the progression of death, and to show that there is still life at the end of life. From the very beginning of "To Autumn," sound appears to be an important aspect of Keats's technique. When the words are studied, there is an even mixture of loud and soft sounds. Some soft sounding words words that use consonant sounds that are soft when spoken such as an s -- include mists, close, son, bless, mossed, and trees. There are also the hard sounding words words that use consonant sounds that are loud when spoken such as a b or t -- like maturing.