The work has been interpreted as a meditation on death ; as an allegory of artistic creation ; as Keats 's response to the Peterloo Massacre , which took place in the same year ; and as an expression of nationalist sentiment . One of the most anthologised English lyric poems , " To Autumn " has been regarded by critics as one of the most perfect short poems in the English language
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
To Autumn