Sweet April-time - O cruel April-time! Year after year returning, with a brow Of promise, and red lips with longing paled, And backward-hidden hands that clutch the joys Of vanished springs, like flowers.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker laments how each returning spring brings hope but also highlights past joys that are now gone.
- In plain terms
- April comes back every year with promise, but we remember lost happiness from previous springs.
- What can you take from it?
- Renewal can highlight what we have lost.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What joy have you lost that returns each year?
- How does hope feel when it follows loss?
Another view
It focuses heavily on melancholy which may not fit every spring experience.
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