Question

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Which two lines in this excerpt from John Keats's "Ode to Autumn" reflect the theme of growth and maturation?

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.

Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap’d furrow sound asleep,
Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cider-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.

Answer 1

To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees...

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells...

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem "Ode to Autumn" by John Keats speaks about the Autumn season and about its beauty. The initial lines of the poem is about the relationship that exists between the sun and the Autumn season. Autumn has been regarded as the season of 'fruitfulness.' It is during this season that the fruits and vegetables are ripe and are ready to be used. The season brings lots of fruits and vegetables and this is the result of the intimacy between the sun and the autumn season.