Name : Kubavat Kishan

Roll No.: 11

Semester : 2nd

Paper no : 5

PG Enrollment No:14101021

Paper name : Romantic literature

Year: 2014-15

Submitted to: Department of English

M. K. Bhavnagar University

• John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23

February 1821) was an English

Romantic poet.

• He was one of the key figures in

the second generation of the

Romantic movement

• The poetry of Keats is

characterized by sensual imagery.

• Keats as the supreme lover of

beauty says, “ A thing of beauty is

joy forever ”.

John Keats

What is ode ?

A lyric poem, typically one in

the from of an address to a

particular subject, written in

varied or irregular metre.

John Keats Odes

Ode To Autumn

•In both its form and descriptive surface, "to autumn” is one of

the simplistic of Keats ode•In “to autumn” the speakers experience of beauty refers to

earlier ode•Artistic creation

•The development the speaker so strongly resisted in

‘indolence” is at lost complete

1st stanza- describing the autumn as a

fruitful season Autumn is a season of ripe

fruitfulness.

It is the time of the ripening of grapes, apples, gourds, hazelnuts etc.

It is the also the time when the bees suck the sweetness from “later flowers” and make honey.

Thus autumn is pictured in the stanza as bringing all the fruits of earth to maturity in readiness for harvesting.

2nd stanza- Comparing autumn to

“someone” (personification)

• Autumn is seen persona

of reaper, a winnower, a

gleaner, and cider-presser.

• Reaping, winnowing ,

gleaning, cider-pressing

are all operations

connected with the

harvest and are therefore

carried on during autumn.

• Autumn is depicted firstly as a harvester sitting

carelessly in the field during a winnowing

operation.

• Secondly, as a tired reaper fallen asleep in the

very midst of reaping.

• Thirdly as a gleaner walking homewards with a

load on the head .

• Fourthly as a cider presser watching intently the

apple juice following out of the cider press.

3rd stanza—Autumn is a symbol of

maturity of beings

Autumn is not altogether devoid of music.

If spring has its songs, autumn too has its

sounds and songs.

In the evening, when the crimson light of

the setting sun falls upon the stubble

fields, a chorus of natural sounds is heard.

The gents utter their mournful sounds; the

full grown lambs bleat loudly; the hedge-

cricket chirp; the robin’s high and delicate

notes are heard; and the swallows twitter

in the sky.

In this last stanza the close of the year is

associated with sunset and night- fall.

Implication of “Autumn” in John

Keats’ Romantic poem

-Alfonso Liu

1. Which topic interests you more: Art orNature? How are they different?

2. Do you get emotionally involved in thethings you like? Do you get emotionallyinvolved in Art and/or Nature?

3. Do you agree that truth and beauty areall you need to know?

Thank you