To Autumn is very beautiful poem where again, Keats addresses an apostrophe. In this poem, the speaker addresses the season Autumn. I thought it was really interesting that Keats described a season as a female figure who would sit on the floor and sleep in the fields. The third stanza struck me the most because Keats starts to tell Autumn not to question where the songs of spring went but instead to listen to her own songs. To me, it sounds like Keats was giving an admired friend advice which made me think, why would she need advice?
After going back through the poem one more time I realized that Keats was emphasizing that Autumn would soon be swept away by the next season, Winter. Keats lets the reader know this by offering natural images that will soon be gone. For example, the "full grown" lambs of spring, the "later flowers" that the bees enjoy, and the swallows leaving for winter migration in the last line. In a subtle way, Keats discusses loss and the cycle of life and death. It is really interesting to think of this poem knowing that Keats died at 25.
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