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Summary:Stanza 1: Late stages of summer/early stage of autumn

Imagery of weight, ripeness, abundance

Summer sets stage for further growth -> cyclical harmony for seasons

Stanza 2: Autumn is personified as woman, harvesting crops

Hint of cruelty -> autumn lets crops ripen in excess, only to harvest them

Relaxed, intoxicated atmosphere

Stanza 3: Autumn is dying, early winter

Emphasises mortality

Death is natural stage of life

Autumn is not end

Context:

John Keats was a Romantic poet

Unlucky in love -> drew on past experiences to draft women in his poetry

Family died of tuberculosis -> optimistic despite financial troubles