Summary of the poem the human seasons by john keats
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"The Human Season" by John Keats is one of the famous poems that talks of man and his relationship with nature. The poem talks of man's nature like the four seasons - spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Explanation:
Keats begin his poem by stating the simple known fact that "Four seasons fill the measure of the year". Then he starts personifying these seasons as man's four seasons of mind.
First is the spring that is "lusty", symbolizing the vigor and excitement of man's youthful life.
Second comes the summer season. In this season, man thinks of sweet things, even dreaming as high as that can reach the heavens.
Third is the season of autumn, when he begins to lose a bit of faith and liveliness of life. He is just "contented so to look / On mists in idleness".
Lastly comes the winter, the cold, cruel and "pale misfeature".
By the symbols of seasons used, Yeats identifies them as birth, youth, maturity/adulthood and eventually old age or death. The excitement and lively theme begins to decrease and wane as it moves from season to season.
So, just as seasons change from being beautiful and cheery to something bleak and gloomy, so also man's life is the same. The cycle continues, however much we may want it to stop.
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he has his summer when luxuriously springs honied cud of youthful thought he loves