‘Who hath not seen thee oft amid they store’? The person who seeks autumn can find her in a number of places. Autumn is no longer as full as described in Stanza 1. Autumn has been personified here.

What are the various places that autumn can be found in? Read lines 12-22 carefully and complete the table:

Appreciation:

‘Until they think warm days will never cease,

For Summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells.’

a) Who is being referred to as 'they'?

b) What do they think? Why?

c) What kind of effect is achieved with the use of words such as 'o'er brimmed' and 'clammy'?

d) What is the overall effect of this stanza?

e) Describe the images and word pictures in this stanza?

'For summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells.'

a) Who is being referred to as 'thee'?

b) What figure of speech is being used here?

c) What is the 'store' in this line?

What are the various activities which autumn is doing or has paused in doing?

b) Lines 14 - 15 _______________________________

c) Lines 16 - 17 _______________________________

d) Lines 17 - 18 _______________________________

e) Lines 18 - 19 _______________________________

f) Lines 21 - 22 _______________________________

‘Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?

Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,’

a) What question does the poet ask here? Why?

b) What answer does the poet give?

c) What does the poet suggest by the phrase ‘songs of spring’?