Out of all the other poems, "To Autumn" really stuck out to me in terms of imagery. Unlike the other poems in this selection, this had extremely vivid imagery that appealed to all of the senses. The sense of touch is represented when the author writes, "thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind" because it evokes a familiar feeling of the wind blowing through one's hair. Another example of imagery in this poem appeals to the sense of sound. "Hedge-crickets sing; and now with the treble soft the red-breast whistles from a garder-croft." But most predominantly, this poem has lots of imagery relating to visual senses. From the very beginning, it is stated, "Season of mists and mellow fruitfullness". This initially evokes a scene behind the readers' eyes. This is kept up throughout the entire poem and makes it very easy to follow.
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