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1、An Imagery Scene of Autumn in Keats Mind【Abstract】In the Romantic Movement in English literature many poems， written by William Wordsworth， John Keats and some of the other poets in the Romantic period， reflect the main features of closeness to nature， spontaneity in thought， value of symbol and exp
2、erience of imagery. They are not only pleasant to the ear and pregnant to the meaning but also， especially in Keats poetry， rich in imagery， highly sensuous. This paper makes a brief study of the poetic imagery perceived in John Keats “To autumn”， leading us to a further and deeper understanding of
3、both the poem and the poet. 【Key words】imagery； tactile imagery； visual imagery； auditory imagery 1. Keats “ To Autumn” and its Poetic Imagery 1.1 Poetic Imagery and Qualities of “ To Autumn” “ To Autumn” is considered as Keats finest nature poem by many readers， which is typical of his writing in t
4、erms of imagery as well as some of the main qualities. To Autumn Imagery and figures of speech 1 Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness， all senses， mists and mellow of the maturing， Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun； alliteration； personification； Conspiring with him how to load and bless Wit
5、h fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run； sight； the thatthethatch ， alliteration； To bend with apples the mossd cottage-trees， sight And fill and fruit with ripeness to the core； sight； taste； fill and fruit ， alliteration； To swell the gourd， and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel
6、to set budding more， taste； And still more， later flowers for the bees， sound ； scent Until they think warm days will never cease， Fore summer has oer-brimmd their clammy cells. touch 2 Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store？ sight Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on
7、a granary floor， sight； personification； Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind； a thresher（per） ； winnowing wind （alli.） ；Or on a half-reapd fume sound asleep， Drowsd with the fume of poppies， while thy hook scent； Spare the next swath and all its twined flowers： a reaper（ per） ； Spare swath （a
8、lli） ；And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep a gleaner（per） ； Steady they laden head across a brook； Or by a cider-press， with patient look， a cider-maker（per） ； Thou watchest the last oozing hours by hours. 3 Where are the songs of spring？ ay， where are they？ auditory， songs of spring （alli；0；
9、 Think not of them， thou hast thy music too， While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day， barredbloom （alli） ； And touch the stubble-plains with； rosy hue； touch； Then in a waiful choir the small gnats mourn musical sound； Among the river sallows， borne aloft Or sinking as the light lives or dies；
10、light lives （alli） ； And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn； sound； lambs loud ， （alli） ； Hedge-crickets sing； and now with treble soft sound； The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft； sound； And gathering swallows twitter in the skies. sound （英?文史及选读Vol.2， 吴伟仁，1996） 1.2 Poetic Imagery
11、Discussion of Each Stanza When speaking of images in Keats “To Autumn” ，it can generally be divided into three imagery pictures according to my personal reading of it. This sensory experience is a touch （tactile imagery， as mostly a perception of the golden autumn in Stanza 1） ， a sight （visual imag
12、ery， as in Stanza 2） ， and a sound （auditory imagery in Stanza 3）. In other words， the readers can experience a perception of roughness or smoothness， a perception of wonderful sight-seeing and a perception of musical breathing of golden autumn. “As a good photographer， Keats chooses a few typical w
13、ording or resting postures of people in autumn to vivify the image of autumn.”（ 谭立坚，1999） Tactile Imagery In the first image， Stanza l， Keats skillfully appeals to all our senses in the description of autumn to state most of the qualities of autumn which are always being praised. Such wording or des
14、cription as “fruitfulness”， “ripeness” and “oer-brimmd” stimulates us to all senses-related perception， especially the tactile imagery， a perfect golden-colored， rich?Charvested picture， is painted and presented. In order to call the readers attention to “autumn” at the first sight， Keats uses writi
15、ng devices as personification， alliteration and some other figures of speech to depict and state what perfect autumn in his lines in more literal language. “Autumn is personified as the maturing suns friend， who conspires with him to fill vines and branches with various fruit. In Keats mind ， autumn
16、 looks like a productive lady who has given birth to lots of lovely babies with the help of Apollo， god of the Sun.” （谭立坚，1999） That means autumn and the Sun work together to ripen mellow fruits of autumn. Then， “And still more， later flowers for the bees，” makes the readers achieve musical sound from bees and obtain sweet-smelling scent from flowers， which if
