To Autumn

To Autumn is a poem written by English Romantic poet John Keats in 1819 (published 1820).

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Poem - English - Romantic - John Keats - 1819 - 1820

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Keats was inspired to write To Autumn after walking through the water meadows of Winchester, England, in an early autumn evening of 1819. There is a story that Keats could not concentrate on his work in his rented rooms because the landlady's daughter was practicing the violin. Driven to distraction, he went out behind Winchester College to walk and to think. He returned and wrote the poem straight away.

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Winchester - England - 1819 - Violin - Winchester College

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The poem has three stanzas of eleven lines describing the taste, sights and sounds of autumn.

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