Now the sounds of autumn are added to
complete
the
impression.
impression.
Keats
' What he composed
was the Ode _To Autumn_.
PAGE 137. ll. 1 seq. The extraordinary concentration and richness of
this description reminds us of Keats's advice to Shelley--'Load every
rift of your subject with ore. ' The whole poem seems to be painted in
tints of red, brown, and gold.
PAGE 138. ll. 12 seq. From the picture of an autumn day we proceed to
the characteristic sights and occupations of autumn, personified in the
spirit of the season.
l. 18. _swath_, the width of the sweep of the scythe.
ll. 23 seq.
Now the sounds of autumn are added to complete the
impression.
ll. 25-6. Compare letter quoted above.
PAGE 139. l. 28. _sallows_, trees or low shrubs of the willowy kind.
ll. 28-9. _borne . . . dies. _ Notice how the cadence of the line fits
the sense. It seems to rise and fall and rise and fall again.
was the Ode _To Autumn_.
PAGE 137. ll. 1 seq. The extraordinary concentration and richness of
this description reminds us of Keats's advice to Shelley--'Load every
rift of your subject with ore. ' The whole poem seems to be painted in
tints of red, brown, and gold.
PAGE 138. ll. 12 seq. From the picture of an autumn day we proceed to
the characteristic sights and occupations of autumn, personified in the
spirit of the season.
l. 18. _swath_, the width of the sweep of the scythe.
ll. 23 seq.
Now the sounds of autumn are added to complete the
impression.
ll. 25-6. Compare letter quoted above.
PAGE 139. l. 28. _sallows_, trees or low shrubs of the willowy kind.
ll. 28-9. _borne . . . dies. _ Notice how the cadence of the line fits
the sense. It seems to rise and fall and rise and fall again.
