To Autumn – John Keats
CONTEXT:
He was a Romantic
He wrote the poem inspired by a walk he had taken through the
countryside
Died of tuberculosis
Last poem he wrote
RHYME SCHEME:
Iambic pentameter
ABAB rhyme
The poem is an ode which is a form of poetry with its roots from
ancient Greece and Rome which is typically celebratory of the
subject.
TONE & MOOD:
Positive
Intimate
Gentle
Pleasant
Celebratory
Melancholic
Maudlin
THEMES:
Nature
Man and the natural world
Transience/change
Death/mortality
Awe & amazement
Time
CONTEXT:
He was a Romantic
He wrote the poem inspired by a walk he had taken through the
countryside
Died of tuberculosis
Last poem he wrote
RHYME SCHEME:
Iambic pentameter
ABAB rhyme
The poem is an ode which is a form of poetry with its roots from
ancient Greece and Rome which is typically celebratory of the
subject.
TONE & MOOD:
Positive
Intimate
Gentle
Pleasant
Celebratory
Melancholic
Maudlin
THEMES:
Nature
Man and the natural world
Transience/change
Death/mortality
Awe & amazement
Time
