To Autumn Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis of "'To Autumn 'is an Almost Flawless Piece of Writing with Nothing to Say".

To Autumn Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis of "'To Autumn 'is an Almost Flawless Piece of Writing with Nothing to Say".
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"'To Autumn 'is an Almost Flawless Piece of Writing with Nothing to Say"

Summary: Throughout this poem, Keats touches on the cyclical nature of the world, the inevitability of death and his own mortality, but by eliminating the narrative voice used in most romantic poetry he creates the atmosphere of acceptance and says everything by saying nothing.
The above statement has shown a gross misunderstanding of Keats poem "To Autumn." Though the statement is right in saying that the poem is almost flawless, it is more so in the poems intricate and underlying themes. Keats wrote this at the time when he was ill, and since he was born he was constantly surrounded by death. Throughout this poem, Keats touches on the cyclical nature of the world, the inevitability of death and his own mortality, but by eliminating the narrative voice used in most romantic poetry he creates the atmosphere of acceptance and says everything by saying nothing.

The writing in "The Autumn" itself is almost flawless in its great use of language in its tone, tempo and imagery. Firstly, Keats' poem is an `Ode' to autumn, a poem to celebrate the autumn's divinity and celestial qualities. In the first stanza, he creates an image...

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