John Keats' poem, "To Autumn," is an ode defined as "a lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and with an elevated style and formal stanza structure." “To Autumn” has many meanings, because Keats talks about autumn as if it were human. It expresses autumn in a way that makes it beautiful and full of fruitfulness. Keats uses fluid methods that help the reader develop images of autumn as more than just a season. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Throughout the poem the theme seems like a natural theme, but in the first two lines Keats creates images of humans and nature interacting. For example, in the first stanza the reader gets the image of autumn working together with the sun to ripen and grow crops as humans would before the harvest. In the line “and more, then flower to the bees, till they think the hot days will never end” Keats lets us know that even though the bees think the summer will last forever if they fly around the flowers, they don't actually it will last. As a poet, John Keats is famous for his odes. These poems address a person or object that cannot respond. In “To Autumn,” this person or object would be Autumn. The rhyming meter of poetry is called iambic pentameter. The form is ABAB for the first part of the verses, rhyming the first lines with the third lines and the second lines with the fourth lines. The second part of each stanza is much longer and has a different rhyme form. The first verse is CDEDCCE and the second and third verses are CDECDDE. This rhyming scheme helps the poem have a consistent rhyming quality that the reader can connect with the imagery. In the first stanza, Keats describes autumn in a way that is very friendly to the “maturing” sun, that is, older. The third verse goes on to say “with fruit the vines that surround the thatched roofs run” meaning that the sun and autumn are planning to make fruit grow on the vines. This line gives the image of vines curling around the roof (thatched eve). In the next lines Keats provides an image of very ripe apples. Keats mentions a pumpkin in line seven which is very appropriate for the autumn season. In stanza 2/line 12, Keats asks a question that means who has not seen the autumn as ripe as it is now. The next lines explain how the reader can find Autumn. “Your hair lifted softly by the winnowing wind,” tells us that Autumn can be a woman and “winnowing” means separating grain during farming. “Or on a half-mown furrow fast asleep, drowsy with poppy smoke, while your hook spares the next swath and all its twining flowers.” Here we have the image that “she” is taking a nap on a furrow – which is almost a sort of hill used for agriculture – sleepy from the smell of poppy seeds while the tool she would have used to cut the flowers is lying on the ground. Keats uses the harvest metaphor again in the next lines by comparing autumn to a gleaner (someone who gathers the last stalks of corn). In stanza 3, Keats asks the question: where does your song originate? Knowing that the song of spring is not here but that of autumn is. He then goes on to describe the song of autumn including: clouds, the image of midges flying around, the sound of lambs, crickets singing, and birds chirping in the sky. Please note: this is just an example. Get a custom paper now from our expert writers. Get a custom essay John Keats's use of words creates images that allow the reader to..