To Autumn- John Keats

"Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,-" page 783

I think this quote highlights the central purpose of the poem. I believe that the author was trying to present the positives of fall rather than focusing on the negatives. People always think that spring is such a pretty season and full of new life. The weather starts to get warmer and most people enjoy it whereas fall seems to be the opposite for some people. They think of the plants dying and the animals preparing for hibernation and the coming of winter and cold. The author points out that fall is a significant season too. The stanzas provide a progression through the different stages of the season. First, in stanza 1, the poem talks about the transition from summer to fall. Lines 10 and 11 create the visual of honey over filling the honeycomb cells because the warm weather has carried over so there are more flowers for the bees. This presents the positive that life can still flourish in autumn. The first paragraph also discusses the sun and autumn working together to get people what they need. The second stanza focuses on the harvest that takes place in the autumn season and the production of the goods. The third and final stanza is about the end of the season and the sadness that comes with it. The author tries to create the feeling that autumn is as good as spring because autumn has its own songs. It presents different animals that have benefited from the season. The author effectively fulfilled his purpose in presenting autumn as a prosperous season because he was able to account for the typical downfalls of the season and present the positive side of things.