Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.
Close bosom-friend of the mating sun:
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the
thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples and moss'd cottage tress
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the ground, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er brimm'd their clammy cells.
The dominant images in the above passage are
The passage is taken from John Keats’s poem “To Autumn.” Keats is known for his rich, sensory imagery — language that appeals to the senses of sight, touch, taste and smell.
In this excerpt, we encounter vivid descriptions that evoke abundance, warmth and texture:
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” → appeals to sight and touch
“To bend with apples” → sight and touch
“Fill all fruit with ripeness to the core” → taste and texture
“To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells / With a sweet kernel” → touch and taste
“Later flowers for the bees” → sight and sound
All these images stimulate the reader’s senses rather than the intellect or imagination.
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