The phrase "wrought a silence" is used to describe the condition of living things during the winter's evening. It is chilling cold outside and snow is everywhere. Wrought means to exert (force upon) something. Hence the winter has forced the humans as well as animals to remain silence. Read summaryRead more

According to the poet, the poetry (singing and merry-making) never ends though it may be summer or winter. Her merry-making is not limited to spring. During the hot summer, grasshopper sings while in the winters, cricket sings. So the nature is always alive and merry-making. Read summary of this poeRead more

The poetry of earth is its nature of being alive. Plants, flowers, animals, insects etc all make up the nature. All of them keep the earth merry-making. During spring, flowers bloom and all the birds chirp. During summer when birds hide themselves from heat of sun, grasshopper takes the lead and keeRead more

The grasshopper symbolises the alive nature even in the burning sun of summer. It is the symbol of merry-making nature which never dies because of harsh weather. Read summary of this poem.

The tone of the poem "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" is light and joyful. Keats who is a Romantic poet, brings in the elements of joy and merry-making even in the harsh weathers of nature. According to the poet, the nature remains alive and jovial in the summer as well as in the dead of wintersRead more