To Autumn

To Autumn is a poem written by John Keats in 1819 (published 1820).

Keats was inspired to write To Autumn after walking through the water meadows of Winchester, England in an early autumn evening of 1819. There is a story that Keats could not concentrate on his work in his rented rooms because the land lady's daughter was practicing the violin. Driven to distraction, he went out behind Winchester College to walk and to think. He returned and wrote the poem straight away.