Draft:On the Grasshopper and Cricket

On the Grasshopper and Cricket is a poem by John Keats that celebrates the music of the Earth in different seasons12. The poet uses the grasshopper as a symbol of hot summer and the cricket as a symbol of cold winter12. He says that the earth is always singing, whether it is the grasshopper's songs in the summer or the cricket's songs in the winter12. The poem shows the poet's appreciation of nature's beauty and harmony

The first eight lines of the poem describe the grasshopper as the representative of summer. The poet says that the earth’s music is never dead, even when the birds are exhausted by the hot sun and hide in the cooling trees. The grasshopper’s voice can be heard running from hedge to hedge in the new - mown mead. He enjoys the summer luxury and never stops his delights. He sings and flies until he is tired, and then he rests under some pleasant weed.

The last six lines of the poem describe the cricket as the representative of winter. The poet says that the earth’s music never ceases, even on a lone winter evening when the frost has created a silence. The cricket’s song can be heard from the stone, and it increases the warmth of the atmosphere. The poet says that to someone who is half-asleep, the cricket’s song might seem like the grasshopper’s song coming from the grassy hills. The poet’s message is that nature is always alive and musical, and that different creatures take turns to express its beauty and joy. He also suggests that there is a harmony and continuity between the seasons, and that the grasshopper and the cricket are connected by their common role as nature’s poets.