List all the things that come to fullness or ripeness in autumn. From the poem ODE TO AUTUMN
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In his poem Ode to Autumn, John Keats gives Autumn the credit for blessing plants and trees with fruit.
The fruits and vegetables that ripen in the autumn season include
1. apples, whose weight makes the trees bend over
2. gourds, which grow to an impressive size
3. nuts like hazelnuts, which become big in size and taste sweet on maturing.
Addirionally, there are some indirect references to other vegetables and fruits. For instance, when Keats talks of vines laden with fruit, one instantly thinks of grapes. They are also harvested in the autumnal months of September and October. Similarly, 'gourd' also suggests pumpkins. Pumpkins are grown in abundance at this time of the year.
Therefore, being the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, autumn is responsible for the ripening of many fruits.
Answer: In the first stanza, autumn is a friendly conspirator working with the sun to bring fruits to a state of perfect fullness and ripeness. In the second stanza, autumn is a thresher sitting on a granary floor, a reaper asleep in a grain field, a gleaner crossing a brook, and, lastly, a cider maker.