To Autumn

What are the missing words?

'Season of ........ and .......... fruitfulness'

• friend maturing

• swell plump

• mist mellow

• sweet budding

Why do the stanzas have 11 lines rather than 10?

• Because 11 was Keats' favourite number

• Normal odes have 10 lines but he used 11 to show the abundance of nature.

• He thought using 11 lines made the poem seem like more of a celebration.

• Using 11 lines gives the poem a better rhyme scheme.

Why did Keats write this poem?

• He wrote it because he was dying.

• He wrote it because couldn't get a job.

• He wrote it because he and his friends wanted to be famous.

• He wrote it because he went for a walk in Winchester and it inspired him.

What type of poet is Keats?

What type of mood is there at the beginning of the poem?

• Awe and wonder

• Hope and longing

• Fear and loathing

• sadness

What language technique does Keats use to present autumn?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Thou watchest the ....... oozings ....... by hour

• swallows skies

• winnowing wind

• bend moss'd

• last hour

What technique is being used here? 'winnowing wind' Why?

• alliteration - to make it easy to say

• simile - to make the wind seem alive

• Alliteration - the soft 'w' makes autumn seem gentle and calm

• hyperbole - to make it seem like the wind is strong

What does being a Romantic- era poet mean?

• Believing that everyone could be happy who had a job.

• Trying to be like all of the other poets.

• Enjoying writing about love.

• Believing that childhood, innocence and creativity should be nurtured.

What are the main themes of this poem?

• fragility, faith and love

• nature, abundance and transience

• change, love , and loss

• effects of war and love