Essays about Autumn

It is not true that the close of a life which ends in a natural fashion—life which is permitted to put on the display of death and to go out in glory—inclines the mind to rest. It is not true of a day ending nor the passing ofthe year, nor of the fall of leaves….

Many people would agree that autumn produces some of the best sights and smells. There is so much to observe in the fall. The leaves on trees are changing in extremely colorful ways. Homes across the country display traditional Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations. The sky is golden pink in the morning and cloudy in the…

This poem is an excellent portrayal of a term dismissed as being either “too cold” or “too windy” to be classed as a special term, as other poets would, and have, written about the ever-optimistic spring, whereas John Keats has here conveyed Autumn naturally and as beautifully as he sees it. The first stanza is…

  Keats’s equates pain with pleasure here. In ‘Ode on Melancholy’, beauty must die; joy bids adieu; pleasure turns to poison; “aching pleasure” is a Keatsian oxymoron showing melancholy will be experienced at times. Reference to the human world is significant because it helps emphasise the importance of the natural world. There are references to…

This ode is a song to Autumn, and is a classic English poem, with that ‘old authentic’ feel to it. In it Keats manages to create a beautiful picture of what autumn is for him. Unfortunately Keats died from consumption in 1821, and so this was one of his last poems, written in 1819/20, after…