About the Poem
In what year was “To Autumn” written?
1819
Autumn is described as a season of what in the Stanza 1?
Abundance and life
What major loss did Keats experience when he was young?
He lost both of his parents
Why the poem is written in a peaceful tone?
Keats was healthy and calm at the time, which explains the poem’s peaceful tone.
The fading light is a symbol of what in the poem?
The fading light demonstrates the day and season are ending
What career did Keats originally train for before becoming a poet?
Medicine (surgeon/apothecary)
Whose death was Keats grieving when he wrote the poem?
His brother Tom
The autumn pictured in the poem as a who and doing what?
Human, working and resting in the fields
Where and when was Keats born?
He was born in London (1795)
What inspired Keats to write “To Autumn”?
The season itself
Name one small detail Keats uses to show the quiet parts of nature
“Twined flowers” or “Last oozings” or “Steady thy laden head across a brook”
At what age did Keats die?
Keats died at age 25, but became famous after his death.