Sunday, August 4, 2019
Compare and contrast the views of Autumn in Ted Hughesââ¬â¢s There Came A E
Compare and contrast the views of Autumn in Ted Hughesââ¬â¢s There Came A Day and John Keatsââ¬â¢s Ode To Autumn. How do the poets use language to convey these views? There are many similarities and differences between the two autumn poems ââ¬ËThere came a dayââ¬â¢ by Ted Hughes and ââ¬ËOde to autumnââ¬â¢ by John Keats. Both poems are based on autumn but they portray it in different ways. ââ¬ËThere came a dayââ¬â¢ presents autumn in a negative way where as ââ¬Ëode to autumnââ¬â¢ presents it in a positive way. The reason that John Keats may have written in a in a positive way about autumn is because he was a pre-twentieth century poet and had a love for nature and respect for the countryside. The style in which he writes is known as ââ¬Ëromanticismââ¬â¢, which is when the poet writes from a personal view, rather than based on facts. Ted Hughes was a twentieth century poet and wrote in a slightly different way to John Keats. He knew a lot about nature and was fond of animals and plants. This could explain why he felt autumn is a harsh and ruthless season, because it symbolises decay and the end of most plant life until spring. We can tell from the title of John Keatsââ¬â¢s poem ââ¬ËOde To Autumnââ¬â¢ that it is a positive poem, and obviously about autumn. The title means ââ¬Ëto praise autumnââ¬â¢ which implies that it is going to be about the good aspects of the season. However, in Ted Hughesââ¬â¢s ââ¬ËThere Came a Dayââ¬â¢ there is a sense of anticipation and fear about the day. From the title we cannot tell that the poem is about autumn but it is more negative. In the opening stanza of ââ¬ËOde to Autumnââ¬â¢ the first few lines set a bright and colourful introduction to the poem. It talks about autumn as a season of mist and mellow fruitfulness. From this we know that it is a... ...rsonal tastes and styles. John Keats was a pre-twentieth century poet, so the vocabulary used in his poem was very old fashioned and traditional. We can tell this from the following words and phrases ââ¬Å"thou hastââ¬â¢Ã¢â¬â¢ and ââ¬Å"thou dostâ⬠. Ted Hughes was a twentieth century poet, so his writing and use of language is more modern, phrases such as ââ¬Å"stuff themâ⬠and ââ¬Å"plucked itâ⬠imply that it is a more recent poem. The two poems have many differences and only a few similarities. I believe there to be so many differences to be because of the different time period that the two poets lived in because John Keatsââ¬â¢s poem is more traditional and Ted Hughesââ¬â¢s is modern. It is also because of the different style they write in and their own personal points view about autumn. Although I feel the similarity between the two poems is that both poets show their individual feelings.
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