The classic poem "To Autumn" by John Keats celebrates the season of autumn with sensual elegance. Each of the three stanzas has a specific emphasis. The first stanza extols the beauty of autumn mainly through visual imagery. In the second stanza, Keats personifies autumn as a beautiful goddess. It is in the third stanza where Keats delineates the various sounds that characterize the music of autumn.
Keats begins by declaring that, like spring, autumn has its own music. He first writes of a chorus of gnats among the trees along the river bank. Lambs bleat from the hillsides, and crickets sing from the hedges. The red-breast, a type of bird, whistles from the garden-croft, which is a field adjoining a house or farm. Swallows flying in the air twitter, which means that they make a type of chirping sound.
Friday, July 25, 2014
What characterizes the music of autumn?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
What is the theme of the chapter Lead?
Primo Levi's complex probing of the Holocaust, including his survival of Auschwitz and pre- and post-war life, is organized around indiv...
-
Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms that thrive in diverse environments (such as the ocean, the soil, and the human body). Various bac...
-
The statement "Development policy needs to be about poor people, not just poor countries," carries a lot of baggage. Let's dis...
-
Note that these events are not in chronological order. The story is told by the narrator, looking back upon her life. The first notable even...
-
It seems most likely you are asking about Michael Halliday's theories of language. He argues children have seven main functions they use...
-
The tension between the three world orders after World War II (1939–1945) manifested itself in territorial, economic, military, ideologic...
-
Under common law, any hotel, inn, or other hospitality establishment has a duty to exercise "reasonable care" for the safety an...
-
James is very unhappy on a number of occasions throughout the story, but he's especially unhappy with his life situation as the story be...
No comments:
Post a Comment