Keats’s Ode to Autumn Question Answers
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Keats’s Ode to Autumn • Why is autumn called “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...maturing sun” Ans: The plants and fruits which were born in spring attain maturity in aut rays of the sun help the fruit ripen. The poet imagines that autumn and the together to supply the vines with grapes. • “ntil ten...clammy cells.” !"plain the situation as imagined by the poet. Ans: #n autumn when the late flowers are still in bloom$ the bees go on col honey in spite of the fact that during summer they had collected enough hon mista%e autumn for summer and thin% that the summer will never while their overflowed with honey. • &ow does the poet personify autumn in the poem? 'r$ Any (uestion on the second stan)a. 'r$ #maginative power of the poet. Ans: *eats here presented autumn in its four stri%ing aspects of the season activities. +irst$ autumn is seen as the harvester$ seated careless on the with the gentle bree)e playing with her hair. Secondly$ autumn is personifi tired reaper who falls asleep drugged by the fragrance of poppy. Thirdly$ a imagined as a gleaner on her way home across a broo% with load of corns on head. +ourthly$ autumn is seen as a cider,presser who$ seated beside a vat$ the apple,-uice oo)ing out. • Why does the poet say “Where are the songs of Spring?” 'r$ What ma%es the poet put this (uestion? Ans: #n the final stan)a of the poem the poet reaches the understanding tha attainment of maturity of everything in nature$ the resourcefulness in natu verge of giving way to bareness and scarcity of the winter. So nature is vi the shape towards the direction. This ma%es the poet mourn while comparing vitality and vibrancy of spring with those of autumn. • !"plain the e"pression “...barred clouds bloom the soft,dying day And touch th plains with rosy hue...” Ans: The declining autumnal sun casts its glow on the clouds$ which ta%e a flavour. When this glow of the setting sun is cast on the bare fields with everything loo%s rosy. • Why does the poet say “...thou hast thy music too...”? What constitutes the m autumn?
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Keats’s Ode to Autumn Question answers
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Keats’s Ode to Autumn• Why is autumn called “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...maturing sun”?
Ans: The plants and fruits which were born in spring attain maturity in autumn. Therays of the sun help the fruit ripen. The poet imagines that autumn and the sun acttogether to supply the vines with grapes.
• “ntil ten...clammy cells.” !"plain the situation as imagined by the poet.
Ans: #n autumn when the late flowers are still in bloom$ the bees go on collectinghoney in spite of the fact that during summer they had collected enough honey. Theymista%e autumn for summer and thin% that the summer will never while their cells areoverflowed with honey.
• &ow does the poet personify autumn in the poem?
'r$ Any (uestion on the second stan)a.
'r$ #maginative power of the poet.
Ans: *eats here presented autumn in its four stri%ing aspects of the seasonalactivities. +irst$ autumn is seen as the harvester$ seated careless on the granary floorwith the gentle bree)e playing with her hair. Secondly$ autumn is personified as atired reaper who falls asleep drugged by the fragrance of poppy. Thirdly$ autumn isimagined as a gleaner on her way home across a broo% with load of corns on herhead. +ourthly$ autumn is seen as a cider,presser who$ seated beside a vat$ watchesthe apple,-uice oo)ing out.
• Why does the poet say “Where are the songs of Spring?”
'r$ What ma%es the poet put this (uestion?
Ans: #n the final stan)a of the poem the poet reaches the understanding that with theattainment of maturity of everything in nature$ the resourcefulness in nature is on theverge of giving way to bareness and scarcity of the winter. So nature is visibly ta%ingthe shape towards the direction. This ma%es the poet mourn while comparing thevitality and vibrancy of spring with those of autumn.
• !"plain the e"pression “...barred clouds bloom the soft,dying day And touch the stubble, plains with rosy hue...”
Ans: The declining autumnal sun casts its glow on the clouds$ which ta%e a rosyflavour. When this glow of the setting sun is cast on the bare fields with stumps$everything loo%s rosy.
• Why does the poet say “...thou hast thy music too...”? What constitutes the music ofautumn?
Ans: #n the final stan)a of the poem the poet reaches the understanding that with theattainment of maturity of everything in nature$ the resourcefulness in nature is on theverge of giving way to bareness and scarcity of the winter. /ut he is also conscious of the fact that autumn has its own beauty and music. The numerous sounds produced bythe gnats$ swallows$ lambs$ cric%ets and 0obin 0ed /reast collectively produce theautumnal symphony.
• What characterises the music of autumn? 'r$ Why does the autumnal music bear amelancholic overtone?
Ans: #n the final stan)a of the poem the poet reaches the understanding that with theattainment of maturity of everything in nature$ the resourcefulness in nature is on theverge of giving way to bareness and scarcity of the winter. The insects and animalsinstinctively understand this and that is why the sounds made by them are mar%ed byapprehension and sadness.
