To Autumn

To Autumn is John Keats’s ode to a season of ripeness, harvest, and gradual decline. Its three stanzas move through abundance, images of harvesting and waiting, and the sounds of a fading day. Personification gives the season a quiet human presence without removing the particularity of fruit, grain, insects, and birds. The poem attends to what autumn possesses in its own right, allowing fulfilment and passing time to remain inseparable.