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"To a skylark" and "To autumn" - comparison

Do you agree that a poem charts a developing thought? Base your answer on the poems “To autumn” and “To a skylark”!

In the two poems “To autumn” by Keats and “To a skylark” by Shelley, we can see a similar type of idea, the idea of a developing chart.
The poets are exploring their thoughts and are developing emotions.
Both poets are reconstructing an argument, a train of consciousness.
In “To autumn”, Keats is describing the beauty and ripeness of autumn and is relating that to life and the time passing by.
Shelley is describing an even wider range in “To a skylark”. He is showing the beauty, the energy and the absolute joy of a skylark, relating to his feelings about it.

I will start with “To autumn”.
In this poem, Keats is describing his interpretation of autumn, the season of beauty and ripeness. He relates the poem to life, watching the time passing by.

This already begins in the first verse. Keats is talking about the fruitfulness, a symb...

Posted by: Garrick Christian

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