Ode to Autumn Subjective Question

1. Who are depicted as friends in the first two lines?

Ans. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness are depicted as close bosom friends of the maturing Sun.

2. What happens in Autumn?

Ans. In the autumn season gardens are full of sweet and pleasant smelling flowers, trees are laden with fruit and the fields are full of crops.

3. In what sense does the Sun conspire with autumn?

Ans. The Sun conspires with nature and autumn by helping in ripening of fruits and flowers. The rays of sun make the fruits fleshy and fat. Fruits also become very tasty on account of juices which get produced because of the warm rays of the Sun.

4. How do the Sun and summer help in ripening of fruits in autumn?

Ans. The Sun and summer help in ripening of fruits by making them fleshy and juicy.

5. How are autumn and summer related to spring?

Ans. Spring comes first and provides a fresh look to nature. Autumn comes after the spring season and is followed by the summer season. The ecstasy comes with the onset of spring season and lasts throughout the summer season.

6. What is the central idea of the poem?

Ans. In the poem “Ode to Autumn” the poet, John Keats has presented a very natural and beautiful picture, of autumn. He narrates that all seasons are of different kinds and of different nature. Different seasons have their own specially. Summer is hot and brings sweatest fruit. Some people like autumn season because it is pleasant and they can do their work peacefully. The poem is reflective of a happy and tranquil spirit completely free from the melancholy. It has a classical sense of perfection and it is romantic in nature. The poem depicts a rich sense of description and a nature sense of art.

7. What does Keats mean by the following: ‘T was here we loved in Summer day and greener’

Ans. It is a great feeling when the scenic beauty presents the various moods of nature. While spring season can be regarded as the king of seasons, autumn is the youth of summer season and it comes between the spring and summer season. Trees are laden with fruits and flowers and spread their beautiful fragrance all around. Fields are full of rich crops and the greenery annihilated during autumn is gradually restored with the advent of spring season. This transition period creates lot of emotions, love emanates and happiness glances.

8. Does the poet convey his love to nature through such lines as given above? If yes, give examples.

Ans. Poet’s appreciation of autumn conveys his love for nature. During this season outskirts are full of greenery, trees get laden with fruits, gardens are full of fresh and fragrance of flowers and the fields brim with crops. The playful activities of birds, their chirping and echoing sounds, create a wonderful sight. The poet suggests to the workers who have worked hard in the fields to relax in a carefree manner and rejuvenate themselves with the soft blowing wind. It would soothe them and provide relief from the tiredness.

9. Pick out the images related to different aspects of nature. Write a note on the use of images in the poem.

Ans. The poet has tried to make full use of his imagination in describing the beauty of nature during the autumn season by creating vivid images of nature. He describes autumn as a season when trees get loaded with fruits. Beautiful fragrance of flowers abounds in the surroundings and gives a very pleasing sight and soothing feeling. Bees move from one flower to another in search of honey. These are some of the images created by the poet in his poem.

10. What do autumn and spring symbolise in the poem? Explain.

Ans. Autumn symbolises the advent of the season of fruits, flowers, corns, happiness, excitement and satisfaction. Autumn enhances joy and happiness of everyone and the poet feels that it is more subtle in nature than the spring season. Advent of spring season brings greenery in the surrounding trees get laden with ripe fruits, bees move from one flower to another in search of honey and the flowers are in full bloom and the pleasing fragrance of flowers abounds in nature and everywhere.

11. Do you like this poem? Give two reasons.

Ans. Yes, I denfinitely like this poem. John Keats has given beautiful and romantic description of the autumn season and made a realistic comparison with the spring season. Both the seasons provide ecstatic beauty of nature. While in the autumn season trees and plants get laden with fruits and flowers and the fragrance of flowers fill the atmosphere. The spring season is characterised by joy and happiness of divine creations of the almighty God and both the seasons are extremely lovely and incomprehensible by the human beings. It can only be said that a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

12. What does the poet say about the music of autumn? Do you like his music?

Ans. The autumn is a sonorous rhythmic musical melody in which the poet has presented the loving images of the autumn season. The poet has beautifully laid emphasis on the music of autumn in the following lines: “Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too”. These lines point towards the alternate sonorous music offered by nature during the autumn season such as the sweet attraction of the winnowing wind.