1. To Autumn L/O – to analyse how Keats presents the season
Context: He is a romantic poet. His poem is an ode which is a poem to an object that can’t respond. He is comparing Autumn to a female goddess and this was common in European art at the time.
To Autumn L/O – to analyse how Keats presents the season
Create a bullet point list of words you associate with Autumn.
Archaic language = old fashioned words. Annotate the examples and we’ll go through the meaning
Gourd - a large fruit
Kernel – the edible part of a nut
O’er brimmed - over-filled
Thee – you
Thy – your
Gleaner – a person who gathers the scraps left after harvest
Bourn – small town
Find the following examples – highlight these and annotate meaning:
calm and content tone
Personification
Adjectives to describe
Harvest being a positive experience
Rhetorical questions
Developing your response to the poem.
P1 - What do you think the meaning is and why?
P 2 – Use concise analysis - How does Keats make the poem sound like a celebration of rural life?
P3 – Use concise analysis to explore how passing of time is important in the poem
P4 – Use concise analysis to explore - death is evident in the last passage explain why?
Swap and peer assess: WWW & EBI

2. Link to subject terminology Explore meaning (implicit & explicit)
What you should/could cover in developed concise analysis:
Link to the question
Link to the terminology (Lang/Structure – evaluating choice)
Short Quote(s)
Explain meaning and effect – both obvious and hidden (explicit and implicit)
Zoom in on words/explore connotations and effect
Suggest what other readers might think/feel (offering an alternative opinion)
Link to the writer’s intentions (step out from the close analysis to give an overview of meaning)
Explore a linking quote/supporting idea
Or, use these stems:
Literally (what it says), metaphorically (what it implies) & symbolically (link to a wider idea).
Remember to:
Link to subject terminology
Explore meaning (implicit & explicit)
Zoom in on words
Link quotations
Explore context