Summary – Ode To Autumn
‘Ode To Autumn‘ is a very nice poem composed by John Keats. The poet was a great lover of Nature. In this poem, the poet describes the beauty and music of autumn in a series of memorable pictures.
Here, the poet exhibits the principles of beauty in nature. He says that autumn is the season of mists and ripening of fruits. During these seasons, fruits ripen as a result of the cooperation between an autumn and his close friend the sun.
There is neither heat of summer nor bitter cold of winter. The rays of the sun make the fruit fleshy, fat, and tasty. Nature looks beautiful everywhere. The wind blows friendly and birds sing sweet songs. People are happy in this season. They can do their work easily in this season.
In the last Stanza of the poem, the poet presents autumn as a store-house of music. He says that autumn is not without its music. He says that autumn is not without its music. Nature remains calm and cool in this pleasant season everywhere.
Thus, the poet means to say that autumn is a very pleasant season. This season makes a man happy and active.
Objectives
1. John Keats is a ………….. poet.
- War
- Metaphysical
- Romantic
- Melancholic
Answer:- Romantic
2. Ode To Autumn is written by ……………
- Walter De La Mare
- John Keats
- W.H. Auden
- John Donne
Answer:- John Keats
3. …………….. was a great lover of nature.
- W.H. Auden
- John Donne
- Rupert Brooke
- John Keats
Answer:- John Keats
4. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for over is written by ……………
- D.H. Lawrence
- John Keats
- T.S. Eliot
- None of these
Answer:- John Keats
5. Ode To ……………. is an ode.
- autumn
- season
- winter
- rain
Answer:- autumn
6. John Keats belonged to …………….
- Ireland
- Germany
- Iceland
- Britain
Answer:- Britain
7. ……………….. was a poet of Nature.
- Rupert Brooke
- John Keats
- D.H. Lawrence
- T.S. Eliot
Answer:- John Keats
8. Autumn starts with the departure of the ……………. seasons.
- summer
- winter
- rainy
- spring
Answer:- summer
Now The Leaves Are falling fast – W.H. Auden
9. Which is the close bosom-friend of the maturing sun?
- Spring
- Summer
- Winter
- Autumn
Answer:- Autumn
10. ‘Ode To Autumn’ is a …………..
- Drama
- Story
- Poetry
- Essay
Answer:- Poetry
11. John Keats died in the year ……………..
- 1820
- 1821
- 1815
- 1825
Answer:- 1821
12. John Keats was born in ……………
- 1785
- 1765
- 1795
- 1805
Answer:- 1795
13. ‘Ode To Autumn’ consists of …………..
- four stanzas
- three stanzas
- five stanzas
- six stanzas
Answer:- three stanzas
14. The theme of Autumn is …………..
- scarcity
- abundance
- fulfillment/maturity
- None of these
Answer:- fulfilment/maturity
15. Each stanza of ‘Ode To Autumn’ consists ………….
- 11 lines
- 12 lines
- 13 lines
- 14 lines
Answer:- 11 lines
16. And gathering swallows twitter in the skies’ is taken from ……………[2018]
- snake
- The soldier
- ode to Autumn
- An Epitaph
Answer:- ode to Autumn
Subjective
1. Why is the sun said to be maturing in the poem ‘Ode to Autumn’?
Ans:- In the poem ode to Autumn’, the sun is at its fall and so is said to be maturing during this autumn season. The heat is pleasant and its light is not as bright as it is during the hot summer season.
2. Why does the poet say ‘Whereas the songs of spring’?
Ans:- The poet feels and understands that after attaining maturity, everything and everyone, including human beings. And nature around is on the verge of diminishing and barrenness.
Human beings would leave then bodies and the soul would move on. Similarly, nature would shed its greenery and become scarce and barren. This disturbs the poet and he asks this question because he longs for the beauty and vibrancy of the spring season.
3. What happens in autumn?
Ans:- The season has a lot of mist but it is the season in which fruits ripen. Grapes and Apples become mature. Vine creepers are loaded with bunches of grapes. The shells of the hard nuts swell.
Certain varieties of flowers, too, bloom. Bees collect honey in their sticky hives. There is a store of corn in the field. Reaping, winnowing, cedar pressing, too, go on. The sounds of various birds are also heard in this season.
4. How are autumn and summer related to spring?
Ans:- Spring precedes autumn but autumn is not by any regret for spring. Nor is troubled by the approaching winter. Summer follows spring, the best season in England.
5. Who is depicted as friends in the first two lines?
Ans:- It is the sun who is depicted as a friend of the autumn season in the first two lines of the poem because it helps to bring maturity or ripeness to fruits and flowers during the season.
6. In what sense does the sun conspire with autumn?
Ans:- The sun co-operates with autumn in maturing grapes and apples. Here the word ‘conspire’ has not been used in its bad sense. The poet has used it in sense of co-operating or agreeing.
Explanation
1. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness ……………. the thatch-eaves run.
>>> The line has been taken from the poem Ode to Autumn by the greatest romantic poet John Keats. Here the poet gives a graphic picture of the autumn season. It is the season of mists and ripening fruits.
Autumn with the co-operation of this friend sun brings ripeness to fruits. Vine creepers are loaded with bunches of grapes. The Vine creepers grow along the eaves of the thatched roofs of the cottage.
2. “Where are the songs of Spring ……………. twitter in the skies”.
>>> These lines have been taken from Ode to Autumn written by John Keats. The Autumn season has its own music. Its music is not like that of the spring season.
Its music is created by gnats, beating by Humbs, noise by hedge-cricket flowing rivers, and swallows. Its music has its own charm and sweetness.
3. Who hath not seen thee off amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor.
>>> These lines have been taken from the poem Ode to Autumn by the greatest romantic poet John Keats. The poet says that no one has seen the collection of nature.
Those who go on abroad feel that this world is full of precious things and find themselves sitting on the granary floor. We are enjoying what is given by nature.