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Line by line explanation of Ode to autumn
Stanza
1:
The images of
ripeness and fulfilment abound in the first stanza. These are the two things
that Keats' life has been deprived of the most, as he was aware of his rapidly
coming mortality due to the disease, and he knew he wouldn't be able to
experience the ripening, the fall, or any fulfilment in his life.
Assonance is
used in the first sentence since the sound "m" is repeated. In the
mornings in England, there is mist or fog in the air, which is a common element
of the autumn season. Fruition and ripeness, or maturity, are both pictured as
mellow and fruitful.
In the second
line, he personifies autumn by referring to it as the sun's friend, and this
friendship is deeply established, as it is a long-standing friendship similar
to that of bosom or childhood pals. They've formed a partnership to fill the
fruit with juice. Means that the fall season delivers ripeness to the fruits
with the help of the sun.
"Load and
bless," as used here, connotes ripeness and fullness in some sense. That
demonstrates the poet's intense longing and desire for what he has fervently yearned
for.
The margins of
the peaked roofs are covered with vine creepers, which are likewise loaded with
fruits, known as "thatch eves." Cottage trees are mossed and have a
layer of moss on them, and they are densely loaded with fruit to the point
where their shoots bend to the ground.
Another
metaphor of fulfilment and culmination is "ripeness to the core."
"Swell and plump" are the same images that fill the fruit's interior.
"More and still more" expresses longing and fulfilment once more.
This indicates that these fruits and flowers have more juice and pulp to
provide nectar for honey bees. Honey bees have also accumulated an excess of
honey, as the term "over-brimmed" indicates. That their cells or
hives are bursting at the seams with honey, and that the honey is oozing down
into their cells. Clammy refers to the sticky nature of honey.
So the first
stanza conveys the richness, ripeness and fullness of the autumn season through
these beautiful images.
Stanza
2:
The essence of
fall is again communicated in the second stanza through many people labouring
in the fields. So here's a picture of the English countryside, with a lot of pastoral
imagery in the lines. Personification is used once again. Autumn is personified
first as a person sitting in a granary field. The poet completely immerses
himself in the fall spirit. It is the reaper who sits on the granary field,
sometimes on the field where the half-reaped crops lie, and whose hair is
gently wafted by the breeze.
The reaper is
sitting carelessly on the furrows of half-reaped crops since the furrow is a
narrow trench in between the beds of plants in the field. Poppies are flowers that
make you sleepy and intoxicated. Poppy flowers can also be found in the field,
and they have a sedative effect. And the gleaner who is picking up the ears of
corn and placing them in the sack to carry to the river bank to be dumped there
can sometimes feel the spirit of autumn. Finally, the spirit of fall may be
sensed in the activity of the person standing at the cider press, which is
squeezing the juice from the fruits. The image "the last oozing hour by
hour" is incredibly powerful. The last oozing here alludes to the liquid
that is trickling down from the cider drop by drop. However, on a metaphorical
level, it depicts the body's life being sucked out by the sickness; this image
alludes to his or his brothers' death.
Stanza 3:
The day, like
the year, is portrayed as expiring in stanza 3. The aesthetic effect, on the
other hand, is stunning. The pink light reflected from the clouds 'blooms' the
day, tinting the stark dead stubble fields as well. Bloom is a Keats term that
combines the ideas of springtime, when flowers bloom, and the blooming of fall
foods.
The third
stanza includes a collection of Autumn sounds, including the choir of gnats,
lambs' bleating, crickets' singing, red-breasts' whistling, and swallows'
twittering. Autumn is told not to wonder where the spring songs have gone, but
rather to listen to her own music by the speaker. Autumn has its own distinct
sound. Autumn noises are heard in the evenings, when the crimson light of the
setting sun shines over the stubble-fields, resulting in a chorus of natural
sounds. Autumn has arrived, in contrast to Spring. Spring is defined by the
lovely melodies of birds, but Autumn lacks such songs. Autumn, on the other
hand, has its own music: the gnats grieve by the river, the lambs bleat on the
hill, the grasshopper sings from the hedge, the redbreast whistles from the
garden, and the swallows twitter from the sky. These lines demonstrate Keats'
fascination with little, domestic animals. The poem as a whole illustrates
Keats' fascination with nature and his meticulous investigation of natural
sights and sounds. One of the most striking features of Keats' poetry is his
reactivity and sensitivity to natural things.
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