Quick answer needed:  which "Autumn" poem was published first, Hood's
or Keats's?  I am assuming one was aware of the other.  I'd like the
answer to be Hood's (so that Keats's can be read as an answer to it),
but will settle for the truth.

Thank you,
Archae0pteryx

Howdy, Tryx!

This is not the answer you'd hoped for, but it is the truth: Keats's
"To Autumn" was published in 1820. Hood's "Ode: Autumn" was published
in 1827 (six years after Keats's death).

"Harmon lists To Autumn as the most anthologized poem in the English
language. It was written on September 19, 1819, and published the
following year."

Poem of the Week: John Keats (1795-1821) TO AUTUMN
http://www.potw.org/archive/potw279.html

"During the following year, despite ill health and financial problems,
he [John Keats] wrote an astonishing amount of poetry, including `The
Eve of St Agnes', 'La Belle Dame sans Merci', `Ode to a Nightingale'
and `To Autumn'. His second volume of poems appeared in July 1820."

Online Gallery: John Keats (1795-1821)
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/keats/keats.html

"In 1827 he [Thomas Hood] published a volume of poems strongly
influenced by Keats, The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies."

The Wondering Minstrels: Thomas Hood
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/251.html

"I saw old Autumn in the misty morn
Stand shadowless like silence, listening
To silence. 

Thomas Hood (1799-1845) 'Ode: Autumn' (1827)" 

FactMonster: Poetry for Fall
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/pmfall1.html 

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: keats autumn "published in"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=keats+autumn+%22published+in%22

Google Web Search: "thomas hood" autumn "published in"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22thomas+hood%22+autumn+%22published+in%22

Thanks for providing a most entertaining project! I've bookmarked a
couple of links, and I think I shall soon spend a few hours wallowing
in Keats. :-)

Best,
Pink

Thank you, Pink.  Beautiful language illuminates our conscious minds,
enriches our unconscious, and ornaments our souls.  I will be reading
these poems aloud tonight at a writers' meeting.  I'll still read
Hood's first and let Keats answer it, delivering the "Where are the
songs of Spring?" line as if Keats had written it with Hood's
questions in mind, but I'll tell the truth if asked.  At least I do
know the right answer, which I had no time to research today.
Tryx

Tryx,

Many thanks for the five stars and the nice tip!

~Pink