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Ode To Autumn - Keats
September 08, 2024

Ode To Autumn - Keats


ODE TO AUTUMN Ode To Autumn is one of the maturest odes penned by John Keats. The opening lines describe the bounty of autumn season;   “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun, Conspiring with him how to load and bless, With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run, To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core.”   Fruits ripen in Autumn in England. This is time when fruit vines are loaded with fruits and sometimes the burden of the fruits become unbearable for the boughs. The fruits are ripened to the core. The net shells are filled with sweet kernel. The new flowers bloom and provide honey to the bees. The bees suck honey out of the flowers;   “Until they think warm days will never cease, For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.”   It means that the Autumn season plays a role of vital significance in the process of fruition. Even mists play considerable role in the drama fru
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