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Concordia University Wisconsin
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ENG 1300 | Literature
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2022
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English Multimedia Poetry and Analysis Title of Poem: To Autumn Type of Poem: Ode Author: John Keats Literal Meaning After you read the poem, what does the literal meaning seem to be? What is happening in the poem? The speaker is praising different aspects of Autumn. There is a lot of vivid imagery and description, including the sun, flowers, bugs, and plants. Imagery Pick out three uses of imagery and write them below (this will most likely be a phrase or line from the poem), then explain what the poet is trying to convey with this image. (include line citations) 1. Image: “Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn” (line 27) Meaning: The poet is attempting to convey that the gnats are mourning for the end of autumn. The poet uses sound imagery to depict that even the bugs are sad that such a lovely season is ending. 2. Image: “plump the hazel shells / With a sweet kernel; to set budding more” (lines 7-8) Meaning: The poet tries to describe the important role of autumn in plumping the hazelnuts and making them grow sweeter and tastier. 3. Image: “And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;” (line 30) Meaning: The poet illustrates that by autumn time, the lambs are grown up and they make loud noises on the hill. Lyric Qualities Describe the sound of this poem. You will use terms like: internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition. Find two specific lines or elements of the poem to discuss. List them and then tell what you think they mean. (include line citations) 1. Lyric Device: consonance Line:“The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;” (line 33) Meaning: The repeated “r” sound is an example of consonance. The repeated “r” sound gives an harmonious sound which matches the song of the bird. 2. Lyric Device: alliteration Line: “Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, —” (line 24) Meaning:The repeated “th” sound in the beginning of the words is an example of alliteration. The alliteration draws attention and the author emphasizes the fact that Autumn is just as important as Spring. Figurative Meaning Find at least two figurative devices and explain what they mean. You are looking for terms like: simile, metaphor, allusion, symbolism and personification. (include line citations) 1. Figurative Device: Personification Line: “Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;” (line 2) Meaning: Both the Autumn and the sun are given human qualities. They are described as close friends. As well, the sun is portrayed as “maturing,” meaning that winter is coming soon. 2. Figurative Device: Metaphor Line: “For summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.” (Line 11) Meaning: The beehive is compared to “clammy cells.” The description of the damp and sticky honeycomb conveys that it is overflowing with honey. 3. Figurative Device: Simile Line: “And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep/ Steady thy laden head across a brook” (Lines 19-20) Meaning: The autumn is compared to a gleaner, which is a person who gathers leftover grains.The image is very appropriate because gleaners do careful work in the autumn. Theme What do you think is the message of this poem? The theme is appreciation for Autumn, which is just as beautiful and important as other seasons. The animals, like the speaker, praise the season but also express sadness for the upcoming end of Autumn.

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