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1、-An appreciation of To AutumnAs known to all, To Autumn is one of the representative works of John Keats. Having learned it in the class, Id like to talk about my appreciation of it, respectively in terms of structure, content and theme.Structurally speaking, we can clearly see three stanzas in this

2、 poem which describes different aspects of autumn. And the development of the stanzas is in keeping with the progressing of the day and that of the season. First is the time of day. The first stanza is the morning with the mists. The second is noon, when the wind makes everyone drowsy. The third is

3、at sunset with the barred clouds blooming “the soft-dying day”. This poem also shows three stages in the season of autumn itself. The first stanza is early autumn because summer has oer brimmed. It shows the maturing of summers bounty. The second is mid-autumn, because its time for harvest. The thir

4、d is late autumn because the birds are headed south for winter. In terms of content, we can conclude three specific aspects of autumn, namely the plants of autumn in the first stanza, the people of autumn in the second stanza and the sound of autumn in the third stanza. And there are different devic

5、es in different parts. For the first part, John Keats mainly uses sensuous images, like the vines with fruit that round the thatch-eves run, the gourds “swell” and the hazel nuts “plump”. In the second part, personification is the major device. The autumn is like an old farmer who crosses a brook an

6、d watches a cider-press. For the third part, onomatopoeia is wildly used. For example, the small gnats mourn in a wailful choir, the hedge-crickets sing, the red -breast whistles and swallows twitter, etc. When it comes to the theme of this poet about autumn, its really special. Generally, people li

7、ke to show sorrow or melancholy to autumn, but in this poet, John Keats show optimism and attachment to this season. Instead of feeling sad and disappointed for the bleak visage of autumn, he passionately and vividly describes many adorable things and interesting activities of autumn, which make us

8、feel the natural beauty and create the picture in our mind, of what he is seeing. So we can say that his optimism actually makes this poem more inspiring. In short, through the vivid description of color, sounds and active images of nature, his emotions are totally got across. In the poet, not only can we feel the beauty of the words and the nature, but also we can feel the optimism of the poet. In my eyes, this is obviously a masterwork.外院12级法英班 舒梦05120134第 5 页-