Hopkins’s poem focuses on the beauty of the spring season, using examples of how life blossoms during the spring. Everything comes to life, the new array of colors paint a colorful world. All of God’s little creatures come to life. Birds fill the air soaring through the bluest sky, they build nest for little newcomers. The spring showers clean the air and everything smells clean and fresh to the poet. This world emerged from a dreary place called winter. Hopkins expresses how spring brings God’s paradise alive once again; and he is elated.
Hopkins shows God his appreciation through his expression of how the spring must be similar, to the Garden of Eden. The world feels clean and bright to the Hopkins. Almost seems like a prayer request asking God to make it last forever, unlike the Garden of Eden which brought sorrow and despair.
Analysis:
Hopkins focuses on bright colors, like the "descending blue, that blue is all in a rush" and also uses similar "like lightning" to reinforce the power of spring. The image he gives the reader catches the reader off guard, a small distraction small distraction. Hopkins states “weeds and wheels” and “long lovely and lush,” this little distraction changes the readers’ visual. However, almost immediately he regains the reader’s attention.
With his illustration it only gives the reader the meaning as his imaginary wheel makes you focus on his expression of the spring season here, Hopkins hits a note, he questions nature “”all this juice and joy” he shows an abundance of joy and gratitude, for God gave this freely, beauty everywhere a reflection of his love.
Hopkins seem to focus much on the fact that this could be how the Garden of Eden was. Here is when the fear of losing it once again. Hopkins again seems to speak to God regarding the season remaining. He calls on Christ to protect the innocence of youth and spring. Hopkins is fearful that the beauty of spring will not last. Sin will enter once again like the Garden of Eden and destroy the youth/spring.
Hopkins' last statement, "Most, o maid's child, “he is speaking to Jesus on behalf of the bringing the children to Salvation through him the Lamb of God, who takes the sins of the world.