10 classic poems on spring

Spring is one of the most popular seasons and a favourite among the writers and poets as its beauty fires up their imagination like no other season. It signifies new life, bringing a lot of happiness and hope for new beginnings. The trees bear new leaves and blossom with flowers, the weather turns warmer and everything around seems relaxed. No wonder, spring has brought out the best in poets. Here are a few lines from poems that define the season in a beautiful way.

William Wordsworth’s Lines Written in Early Spring was written in April 1978. Written in quatrains rhyming abab, Wordsworth wants to convey that nature has forged a strong connection between itself and the soul of mankind but man has only made his relationships messier which evokes inner sadness in the poet.
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The poem celebrates the joy of spring by focusing on William Blake’s favourite aspects of the season. It is a celebration of the arrival of the season and touches upon themes like childhood, innocence and nature.
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This poem was written around 1864 but wasn’t published till 1896. Emily beautifully captures in this poem how spring appears in our consciousness like light in the darkness.
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This canto was written in memory of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam who died young and hence is a bittersweet take on the spring season. Tennyson has great regret of losing his friend but spring comes as a reminder of hope that the world has to keep going.
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Chaucer’s majestic description of April is one of the most celebrated descriptions of the popular springtime, and it still sounds as true and relevant as it did 600 years ago.

Christina Rossetti describes the way life begins all over again in the spring beautifully using vivid images. However, there is a melancholy sense of the transient beauty of spring in this poem, the poem has repetitive words and images which is enactment of cycle of nature.
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This eighteen-line poem by William Shakespeare is a humorous tale for the married men. With his figurative language, Shakespeare’s poem is witty, clever and symbolically powerful.
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This poem is an uncomplicated prayer focussing on love and gratitude. The title, "A Prayer in Spring," points towards the way in which this poem operates as a simple evocation of the beauty of God's creation in spring and it expresses sincere thanks for the wonders that surround the speaker.
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Shelley's verse explored the nature of the world and the principles of human experience through a well trained philosophical lens. His mind refused to settle on a definable truth. The flowers in the poem are anthropomorphized and have desires and delights. They ‘pant and tremble’, love and sleep. But the poem eventually progresses to examine the death and decay of the garden.
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The poet of Puritan age, who authored the magnum opus Paradise Lost, composed 24 sonnets in entirety. How Soon Hath Time is one of the most intriguing and poignant classic poems. This Petriarchian prose begins on a tragic note as Milton feels betrayed by age and life but he has faith in God and believes that he will guide him eventually to the path of greatness.
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