Keats initially trained as a surgeon but gave it up to write poetry. Six months after completing To Autumn, he experienced the first signs of the tuberculosis that would end his life. In the poem ...

Life is short. One poet knew that only too well. He believed you should try and live as intensely as possible. His name was John Keats. We don't really know a great deal about the poem.

The poem moves from the early stages of autumn to ... As readers we are invited to share in Keats’ thought process. We are effectively drawn in by a lively and vibrant description before being ...