Autumn

Monday, October 16th 2016 Apparel Construction Assignment 2: The Story of Color Orange is found on the traditional color wheel between red and yellow.Orange is found in nature, as the color of pumpkins and leaves, often representing the autumn season. There are two pure orange pigments, Chrome orange and Realgar.Other shades of orange were popularly found in oil paintings and water colors. The complementary color of orange is a greenish - blue color. Orange is used mostly as an…

centralized idea of time throughout his works in order to illustrate the passage of time and the arrival of death as an inevitable event. In his poems “To Autumn”, “Ode to a Nightingale”, and “Last Sonnet”, Keats’s use of vivid imagery and melancholic tone aid in revealing the underlying theme. With Keats introduced to…

beautify nature with different hues, festivities, and temperature. Of the four seasons, spring and autumn are my favourites as their temperatures are an ideal combination of hot and cold. In spring, the temperature is warm, starting to get humid and hot as reaching summer. The plants start to sprout due to lots of showers, animals come out, and the kids enjoy under the sunlight . The weather in autumn is flawless, the trees are changing colours, Thanksgiving and Halloween decorations are…

“To Autumn” creates a typical image of autumn. His first stanza describes, “all fruit with ripeness to the core” (Keats 414). The second stanza primarily discusses the grain that has been harvested. Lastly, the third stanza refers to autumn as a musician, by providing the imagery of, “a choir of gnats” (Keats 415) and “gathering swallows twitter in the skies” (Keats 415). Percy Shelley’s “Ode to the Wild West” discusses things that occur on their own in nature. The “wild West Wind” of autumn…

showcase how life is beautiful, but fleeting by using a somber, enlightening theme. In Nothing Gold Can Stay, Frost outlines how Nature is fleeting and does not last forever. It awakens in spring, reaches its peak in summer, and starts to fade in autumn, and finally sleeps in winter. He uses a calm and probing tone to illustrate the cycle of life and death. Frost uses Symbolism as an important literary device to showcase the fragility of nature.…

which has been elicited by a certain stimulus” (Baker & Kennedy 1994: 169—174). The stimulus seen in this case is the songs of the North. The last stanza emphasizes the transience of life and the role of the songs in the narrator’s longing. The narrator states that the roots of the trees “hold the secrets, these melodies”, reaffirming the memories connection to the North and to the songs. He continues “Echoes from the past, nothing here will last”, hence highlighting the time passing,…

John Keats is said to be seen as one of the most “canniest readers, interpreters, and questioners of the “modern” project in poetry, which sought to dwell in the desires and sufferings of the human heart.” His works such as Ode to Melancholy is a worthy example as to how Keats illustrates the relatable feeling of pain, and shines light on the common idea that it is to be hidden and masked with false happiness. In this work he tells us to embrace it, to take it by the hand and let it flow through…

Key themes and experiences in Keats’ poems are reflections of the Romantic concepts popular during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Themes such as the importance of feelings, experiences in nature and the realities of being in love. These key themes and experiences are explored throughout Keats’ poems ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ and ‘Bright Star’ through the use of a variety of literary devices. The theme of love is conveyed in both poems but they are portrayed in very contrasting…

characters were focused on what they love about the other person. Nature was also idealized in the romanticism era. Keats talks about how Lamia is in a beautiful valley and how the flowering weeds were all around. When you look for idealism in “To Autumn” it’s pretty easy to find since the poem is completely about nature, superficially. Keats starts the poem with “Seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness” (Keats, 1). Even as he starts to shift from the focus of superficial nature, Keats still…

In the Las Vegas Valley, many residents welcome the arrival of autumn as it means relief from the brutal summer temperatures that typically reach triple digits. Average daytime highs begin dropping in late September, making October and November ideal months for outdoor activities. Despite the mild climate, however, autumn can hold a few surprises for drivers that can prove perilous. (-- removed HTML --) Rain (-- removed HTML --) Less than 5 inches of rain falls in Las Vegas during a typical…