Analysing 'To Autumn' by John Keats

In the first stanza, Keats describes autumn as being almost fat or ripe with prosperity. Arguably, Keats presents autumn as an abundant season to show that the autumn of a person’s life can be fruitful too. The autumn of Keats’ life would have come much earlier than he had likely planned for. Keats shifts tone a few times in the poem as he progresses from feelings of optimism to nostalgia then to acceptance. The reference to a bountiful harvest could represent the abundance that autumn can bring.