Analysis of In Spring

Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)



THE young birds shy twitter
In hedges and bowers,
Fields brighten and glitter
With dewdrops and flowers.
Over flood, over fallow,
Impelled by old yearning,
The nest-building swallow
Exults at returning;
For dark days and hoary
Are routed and over,
Dark Winter is gone;
Resplendent in glory,
The earth meets her lover,
Her bridegroom the Sun.

Must I alone sorrow,
Despairingly languish,
Breaks never a morrow
On the night of my anguish?
The jubilant gladness
In bird, beam, and blossom,
But deepens the sadness
That weighs on my bosom.
Oh, Spring, in whose azure
Wake follow the starling,
The daisy, the dove;
Sweet spendthrift of pleasure,
Brings also my darling,
Oh bring me my love!


Scheme ABABCDCDEAXEAX CFCFBGXGADHADH
Poetic Form
Metre 011110 010010 110010 11010 101101 011110 011010 011010 111010 110010 11011 010010 011010 0101 110110 110 110010 1011110 01001 011010 110010 111110 110110 110010 01001 11110 110110 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 665
Words 117
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 14, 14
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 272
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind, was a German-born British poet. Her work was praised by Matthew Arnold and French politician and historian Louis Blanc. more…

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