Summary Of The Poem Spring Poem

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Poetry Analysis Essay “Spring” by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918) is a sonnet divided into two distinct sections, the octave and the sestet. The author’s use of alliteration, rhyming and vivid imagery takes the reader from an energetic view of springtime to a desperate prayer for the innocent. Analysis The poem’s opening statement catches the reader’s attention. From this line, “There is nothing more beautiful than spring” (line 1), Hopkins continues to describe elements of spring through similes and metaphors. “Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens” (line 3) is an example of a simile that uses alliteration to not only give the reader a vivid picture of a birds eggs that are evident in spring but to also make it pleasing to read and say aloud with the repeated ‘l’ sound. Other terms throughout the octave such as “the glassy peartree” (line 6) that begins to bloom, the blue sky and “racing lambs” (line 8) express the beauty of spring. Hopkins uses alliteration in “weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush” (line 2) to slow the reader into a sense of strolling through a mead...

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