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==Poem==

==Poem==

The first stanza of the poem describes natural processes, unlike the following which deal more with sensual observations, as it presents a harvest in its final stages. <ref name="Bloom p.432"> Bloom 1971 p. 432</ref> The Stanza provides a union of maturation and growth, two oppositional forces within the work, and this union instills an idea within nature that the season will not end:<ref name="Bate p. 582">Bate 1963 p. 582</ref>

The first stanza of the poem describes natural processes, unlike the following which deal more with sensual observations, as it presents a harvest in its final stages.<ref name="Bloom p.432">Bloom 1971 p. 432</ref> The Stanza provides a union of maturation and growth, two oppositional forces within the work, and this union instills an idea within nature that the season will not end:<ref name="Bate p. 582">Bate 1963 p. 582</ref>

:Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

:Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

:Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun

:Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun