ToAutumn《秋颂》英文赏析.doc

To Autumn John Keats To Autumn is an immortal poem. I will try to write some of my feelings after reading To Autumn and analyze it. I believe this will not be an easy work. To Autumn deals with the presence of nature and how autumn itself is more significant than any of the other seasons. What most called my attention was the infinite number of images you can imagine by reading it. It seems that john Keats describes what he imagine and while reading it, I can create the picture in my mind, of what he is seeing. To Autumn has three stanzas. Each of three stanzas shows us different time of a day and different time of autumn. I thought this poem exhibited two kinds of progression of time. First is the time of day. The first stanza is the morning with the mists. The second is late afternoon, when the hot sun is beating down and makes everyone drowsy. The third is at sunset with the barred clouds piercing the sky with its rosy hue. This poem also shows a progression in the season of autumn itself. The first stanza is early autumn because summer has oer brimmed. It shows the maturing of summer’s bounty. The second is mid-autumn, because its time for harvest. The third is late autumn because the birds are headed south for winter. In stanza 1, Keats describes autumn with a series of specific, concrete, and vivid images. The stanza begins with autumn at the peak of fulfillment and continues with an Initially autumn and the sun load and bless by ripening the fruit. But the apples become so numerous that their weight bends the trees; the gourds swell, and the hazel nuts plump. Personification in this stanza is not very clear. In stanza 2, autumn personified as a harvester, crosses a brook and watches a cider press. Otherwise autumn is listless and even falls asleep. The furrow is half-reapd, the winnowed hair refers to ripe grain still standing, and apple cider is still being pressed. However, the end of the cycle is near. The press is squeezing