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“To Autumn” The theme of John Keats’ poem, “To Autumn”, is that change is both natural and beautiful. The speaker in the poem acknowledges that time passes by, but also asserts that this change usually yields something new and better than what came before. The poem praises the glories of the fall season by using almost every type of imagery to both charm and appeal to the reader. Each of the poem’s three stanzas …

…And full-grown lambs loud bleat...” (30). For one thing, it uses auditory imagery. In addition, lambs are usually born in the spring so by the end of autumn they have developed into sheep, therefore signifying the passage of time. “To Autumn” shows the positive side of change through the splendor of each period of the fall season. The poem shows that autumn holds a different, yet equally charming beauty than the other seasons throughout the year.