. Answer in a paragraph of about − words. Do you think the poet wants to say that man is unhappy because he has lost his link with nature and forgotten how to enjoy nature, or because man is cruel to other men? .
Listening Activity Some phrases have been left out in the poem below. First, read the poem. Then, fill in the missing words on listening to the reading or the recording of it in full. You may listen again, if required.
To Autumn O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my , there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my ; And all the daughters of the year shall dance! Sing now the of fruits and flowers. “The opens her beauties to The sun, and love runs in her ; Blossoms hang round the brows of morning, and Flourish down the of modest Eve, Till clust’ring Summer breaks forth into singing, And strew flowers round her head. The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit; and joy, with , roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.” Thus sang the as he sat, Then rose, girded himself, and o’er the bleak Hills fled from our sight; but left his .
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