Spring

I thought this poem was almost the easiest one to understand. Obviously it takes place during the springtime (question 5). Everyone knows that spring represents new life- that's when all the flowers are blooming and you get the image of bunnies and ducklings and all sorts of happy things. the author conveys this idea with different words such as "beautiful, blooms, richness, lambs, joy, Eden". The poem therefore is about the innocence of spring. It represents unmarked and pure life. The author is comparing Spring to children because they both posses the innocence of youth. One line that really supports this idea is, "Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning" The author is basically saying that yes everything in springtime (as in youth) is beautiful and pure- but that's only at first. Soon it will "cloud" or become tarnished by sin. I can;t really think of a word to describe the overall tone of the poem, however I would say that the overarching theme of this poem is the idea that springtime is just like youth- beautiful and pure.