Activity 1:

Percy Blysse Shelley, a contemporary of Keats’s also wrote an ode to autumn titled “Ode to the West Wind.” Compare and contrast Keats’s and Shelley’s depictions of autumn. How are they alike and how do they differ? Both are Romantic poets, but what does autumn mean to Keats and what does it mean to Shelley? Include literary devices in your discussion.

http://www.bartleby.com/106/275.html

Activity 2:

Think about how you feel about a particular season or another aspect of nature. What do you love about it? What do you detest? Convey your feelings by employing colorful imagery, diction, and tone. Attempt to write an ode about it, keeping the rhyme scheme in mind. Helpful site on odes:

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/ode.html