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The poem “Ode to Autumn� is one of the more popular poems of Keats and is known for its undercurrents of death and dying being signified by autumn and mellow fruitfulness.The poem lacks the complexity of thought and classical allusions of the other poems of the poet but is full of exquisite sensory imagery ,more particularly visual imagery. The entire season has been described with “visual-dynamic� images suggesting growth ,decay and death .The images thus refer to the process rather than static objects thereby reinforcing the seasons being born,slowly growing and then maturing and ripening. Just look at the “growing� images-�load and bless�,�vines that round the thatch run�,�swell the gourd�,�budding�,�more and still more�,�over-brimmed�,�seen thee�,�sitting careless�,�soft-lifted�,�winnowing wind�,�twined flowers�,�last oozings�.
Now let us look at the “dying� images -�soft-dying day�,�touch the stubble fields......

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