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Keats's Ode To Autumn Question Answers
Keats's Ode To Autumn Question Answers
Keats's Ode To Autumn Question Answers
Why does the poet say Where are the songs of Spring?
Or, What makes the poet put this question?
Ans: In the final stanza of the poem the poet reaches the understanding that with the
attainment of maturity of everything in nature, the resourcefulness in nature is on the
verge of giving way to bareness and scarcity of the winter. So nature is visibly taking
the shape towards the direction. This makes the poet mourn while comparing the
vitality and vibrancy of spring with those of autumn.
Explain the expression ...barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day/And touch the stubbleplains with rosy hue...
Ans: The declining autumnal sun casts its glow on the clouds, which take a rosy
flavour. When this glow of the setting sun is cast on the bare fields with stumps,
everything looks rosy.
Why does the poet say ...thou hast thy music too...? What constitutes the music of
autumn?
Ans: In the final stanza of the poem the poet reaches the understanding that with the
attainment of maturity of everything in nature, the resourcefulness in nature is on the
verge of giving way to bareness and scarcity of the winter. But he is also conscious of
the fact that autumn has its own beauty and music. The numerous sounds produced by
the gnats, swallows, lambs, crickets and Robin Red Breast collectively produce the
autumnal symphony.
What characterises the music of autumn? Or, Why does the autumnal music bear a
melancholic overtone?
Ans: In the final stanza of the poem the poet reaches the understanding that with the
attainment of maturity of everything in nature, the resourcefulness in nature is on the
verge of giving way to bareness and scarcity of the winter. The insects and animals
instinctively understand this and that is why the sounds made by them are marked by
apprehension and sadness.