Pre-1914 Poetry: Keats
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Pre-1914 Poetry: Keats
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Keats' 'To Autumn'
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To pluck and eat the ripened fruit;
To swell the gourd, and bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
Hedges with the ripest fruit, and the maturing sun;
For summer has o'erbrimmed their clammy cells.
Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, —
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft,
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bills;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
1.
Identify and explain one example of personification in the extract.
[2 marks]2.
What is the effect of the repeated line 'To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees, and fill all fruit with ripeness to the core'?
[2 marks]3.
Identify and analyse a technique Keats uses to evoke a peaceful, contemplative mood in this passage.
[3 marks]4.
Discuss the significance of the question 'Where are the songs of spring?' in the context of the poem.
5.
Identify the metre used in 'To Autumn' and discuss how it contributes to the poem's tone.
[2 marks]6.
Examine the imagery used in the phrase 'barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day'. What mood does this evoke?
[2 marks]7.
Explain the meaning of 'gnats mourn' and discuss its effect in the poem.
[2 marks]8.
Analyse how Keats’s use of natural imagery enhances the theme of seasonal change in the poem.
B
Creative Writing: Inspired by Autumn
Write a poem or descriptive paragraph inspired by the themes and imagery in Keats’ 'To Autumn'. Use at least three literary techniques (e.g., metaphor, personification, alliteration). Your work should be approximately 20 lines.
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Create a poem or descriptive paragraph capturing the essence of autumn as depicted in Keats’ poetry. Use at least three literary devices.
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