To Autumn
Who wrote To Autumn?
John Keats
Where was the writer of this poem born?
Massachusetts, America
Where was the writer of this poem born?
Lake District
Where is the writer of this poem from?
Northern Ireland
What is the extended metaphor in this poem
The onion is a metaphor for love
What form of poetry does Keats use?
An ode
What does Dickinson compare the passing of grief to?
Summer ending
What form of poetry is this extract taken from?
An epic poem
What's the device that demonstrates a change in feeling towards nature?
Volta
It makes you cry, like love.
How is Autumn described in the poem?
It's giving and it provides for it's people.
When was Dickinson's poetry published?
After her death
What does Wordsworth compare himself to as he's ice-skating?
Name the device: "The great slime kings were gathered there for vengence"
Personification
How does the speaker in the poem feel about Valentine's Day gifts?
Name the device: "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!"
Alliteration
What does 'imperceptibly' mean?
Unnoticable/subtle
Winter evening = 'frosty season when the sun was set"
Describe how the title links to the subject of the poem.
Naturalist = someone who's fascinated by nature. This metaphorically 'dies' as Heaney grows up and his feelings change.
Descibe the structure of the poem.
Free verse/irregular = chaotic/disjointed.
What can you say about the stanza structure of the poem?
It's regular and is written in iambic pentameter.
Describe the tone at the end of the poem.
Positive/hopeful/accepting = 'our summer has made her light escape into the beautiful'
What part of Wordsworth's poem is this extract from? Name the title.
'Childhood and School-Time'
What sort of language is used by Heaney to describe the frogs as theatening?
War/military language
Quote the opening line from the poem.
"Not a red rose or a satin heart."