Spring in WarTime

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Spring in War-Time
Now the sprinkled blackthorn snow Lies along the
lovers lane Where last year we used to go- Where
we shall not go again In the hedge the buds are
new, By our wood the violets peer- Just like last
years violets, too, But they have no scent this
year
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Every bird has heart to sing Of its nest, warmed
by its breast We had heart to sing last
spring, But we never built our nest. Presently
red roses blow Will make all the garden gay Not
yet have the daises grown On your clay.
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Symbolic shows the coldness of the war
Literal Poem is set in spring time where new
life should grow and blossom yet snow is still
fallen upon the bushes, gives sense of depression
and sadness, because it shows that war has
effected natures natural cycle as well the life
of humans.
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Personification Word peer suggests its
alive, just like humans. Metaphor - They are
trying to blossom through but the snow is holding
it back, just like how the war is stopping the
new life of humans because of all the dying.
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In a highly original writing poem writing stunt,
Ms Nesbit has cut the syllabic count of the final
line to show death and ending.
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Inclusive use of words, universalizes the painful
emotions to get the reader to feel involved.
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Relates to death, when people die all they can do
is lie there, gives the poem a solemn feel.
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Metaphor, comparing their lives to the birds,
saying that the even the birds are better off
than they are, the humans did not get a chance to
rebuild their houses to make new families,
generations lost to the war.
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Again because of the war, new life is unable to
grow, the war has disturbed the natural cycle of
nature, as well bringing life to new generations.
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Symbolic Death, red same colour as blood.
Petals shed across the grass like bloodshed
across the battlefield.
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Constant comparison between the past, present and
future. Central theme. Stanza 1 last
year Stanza 2 last years violets Stanza 3
last spring Stanza 4 Focuses on the present
and the future i.e. facing up to reality of life
now.
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No scent, everything is not as rosy anymore as
her lover is dead and her presence in life has
feeling of sadness and loneliness.
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