Autumn

An autumn afternoon, a watercolor sunset streaked muted pastel shades across the sky. It was a bitingly cold chill that belonged to winter. My eyes were focused on the Manhattan skyline, a beautifully grotesque thing. Nature, half obscured by looming manmade structures. I wasn 't sure what was uglier. What an outlandish thought, to find nature so unnerving. I had been so preoccupied by my own devices that I hadn 't noticed a small girl on a crumbling concrete stoop, her eyes intently focused on…

000 Americans which season they loved the most, in which over half of the votes went to autumn. And who can blame them? With bewitching scenery, tranquil weather, and an assortment of fall-related festivities around every corner, what’s not to love about autumn? The fall equinox officially begins in mid-September, in North America, and lasts about three months. For most, only having three months to enjoy autumn is too little. Most people blame the “new found” popularity of fall on Starbuck’s…

Fall is an amazing time to be outside enjoying nature. Going for a hike, tailgating, or just looking at the beautiful colors as the leaves change are all great ways to enjoy this time of year. As the days begin to get shorter, it is important to remember that the temperature will drop significantly once the sun goes down. If you are hiking or engaging in outdoor activities, always make sure to bring a sweatshirt or light jacket. If you are out in the mountains, it is especially important to…

As the holiday season is in full swing, the weather naturally gets changes. The leaves change colors and eventually fall off. The temperature of the warm summer night breeze dramatically changes to a brisk chill and frosty air. As the weather gets colder, women get excited about transitioning out of their summer dresses into fall and winter blazers and scarfs. Fall fashion is fun for many women because they love the fall colors. Maroons, deep purples, royal blues, mustard yellow and navy green…

An Autumn Homicide Riding my bike to a friend’s house on a late fall day in October just before the clocks are set to fall back, a day that I remember so vividly. The transition of shorter days and longer nights where the leaves are changing to a reddish brown color just before falling with the sight of dusk upon us. It was on this day that my life almost ceased to no longer exist. On this day, my friend and I decided after school we would ride our bikes to her house to play video games just…

objective observation” (Getlein 484). Cubism concentrated on forms, while surrealism focused on the irrational and incongruent. Finally, futurist were fixated with motion and machinery. My favorite piece of artwork from this chapter is Claude Monet’s Autumn Effect at Argenteuil. This is an impressionism painting, and a lovely one at that. Impressionist painters looked to the great outdoors and Mother Nature for inspiration, and Monet painted…

Rhetorical strategies in John Keats’s: “To Autumn” Enchanting. Colorful. Changing. Words to describe the vivid imagery the season of autumn. A Famous poet by the name of John Keats wrote “To Autumn “, published in1819. He gives a clear descriptive image of the season of autumn for which he writes the actions that are visualized around him. He shares the movement of autumn, the visualization, and the character embedded into autumn with the audience. John Keats builds the imagery with similes,…

In her poem about the spread of autumn entitled “Field of Autumn” Laurie Lee uses symbolic diction along with the personification of autumn (and those affected) and repetition of the phrase “Slow moves…” in order to create an image of fall slowly arriving which parallels with death. The poem is written as if one had slowed down the moment and wandered around, noticing the effects of the season. In this poem, the diction is symbolic in that autumn is a representation of death. Within the phrase…

Manley Hopkins’ “Spring” vs. John Keats’ “To Autumn” Gerard Manley Hopkins’ Italian sonnet, “Spring” and John Keats’ ode, “To Autumn” are both similar and different in their use of literary devices. The poems’ similar titles, both seasons, are somewhat deceiving; they lead readers to believe that the poems are more similar than they actually are. “To Autumn” was written on September 19, 1819, but was not published until the following year ("To Autumn - Keats"). Hopkins’ poem, “Spring,” was…

In the incredible ode, “To Autumn”, John Keats uses the literary devices duality and personification to capture the audience’s attention. He talks about the differences in autumn and it becomes clear that no matter the scale of revolt, or whatever happens, the cycle of life will continue endlessly. This is obvious when one looks at the phrases in each stanza, which makes the slight contrasts Keats’ uses purposeful. By looking at duality and personification, we can see the major differences in…