Thursday, August 21, 2014

Why is spring time so poignant a time for "The Widow's Lament in Springtime"?Please comment on my answer: In this poem, a widow is talking about...

You seem to have some very good ideas in your answer, but
you do need to go through it and check the English and phrasings that you use. In
particular, be careful about which person you use to refer to the poet (you use "she" at
one stage instead of "he").


Central to this poem is the way
that springtime, which, as the speaker in the poem clearly indicates, is a time of
rebirth and new life, contrasts harshy and discordantly with the speaker's own feelings
and experiences at having lost her husband. To her, the birth of nature almost mocks the
way that she has completely lost her husband. He, unlike nature, cannot be reborn or
find life again. This explains the poignancy of this poem and how grief and beauty
coexist from the very
beginning:



Sorrow is my own
yard


Where the new
grass


Flames as it has
flamed


Often
before...



Thus it is that the
"grief" in the "heart" of the speaker is "stronger" than the colours of the blossom, and
spring time this year only serves to make her want to die herself, sinking into the
marsh near the flowers that are mentioned at the end.

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