Poetry help?

Question

I read this poem called " To Autumn" by Dan Keats. It seems interesting, I get the main concept ( sorta ), but I still need help. May someone help me?

Answer 1

Do you mean "John" Keats? If so, see http://newman.baruch.cuny.edu/digital/2000/c_n_c/c_07_romanticism/reading_keats.htm

Keats is one of the "Romantic" poets. That website has a nice explanation of the "To Autumn" poem.

Answer 2

To Autumn is a poem written by English Romantic poet John Keats in 1819 (published 1820).

Keats was inspired to write To Autumn after walking through the water meadows of Winchester, England, in an early autumn evening of 1819. There is a story that Keats could not concentrate on his work in his rented rooms because the landlady's daughter was practicing the violin. Driven to distraction, he went out behind Winchester College to walk and to think. He returned and wrote the poem straight away.

The poem has three stanzas of eleven lines describing the taste, sights and sounds of autumn. Much of the third stanza, however, is dedicated to diction, symbolism, and literary devices with decisively negative connotations.

Answer 3

Depends what you want to get from it.
If you want a theme, then its how you "feel" about the poem. Like annoyed, sad.
If you just want to summarize the story then you have to tell what its about. Like explain it in full content

Answer 4

www.gradesaver.com has lots of help, especially with books read in school. they go chapter by chapter, my kids have a lot of luck with this