10 points !

read the passage.

while barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,

and touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;

which best explains how the mood in this passage creates meaning in the poem, "to autumn"?

a. the sad mood emphasizes that the fall must transition to the cold death of winter
b. the happy mood emphasizes that spring will soon arrive
c. the joyful mood tells the reader that the joy of birth is near
d. the resentful mood supports the idea that nature is uncontrollable

a. the sad mood emphasizes that the fall must transition to the cold death of winter.

In this poem, Keats focuses on autumn. The way he presents autumn emphasizes that this season precedes winter, where everything will be much colder and most plants and flowers will die. Therefore, the tone of the poem is slightly sad. Keat tells us that the day is dying softly, and that you can see some of the sky through the clouds that now cover it. He also tells us that the plains are now covered with stubble, which hints at the fact that the time for harvesting has passed.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,