The poem
FRESH Spring, the herald of loves mighty king, In whose cote-armour richly are displayd All sorts of flowers, the which on earth do spring, In goodly colours gloriously arrayd-- Goe to my love, where she is carelesse layd, Yet in her winters bowre not well awake; Tell her the joyous time wil not be staid, Unlesse she doe him by the forelock take; Bid her therefore her selfe soone ready make, To wayt on Love amongst his lovely crew; Where every one, that misseth then her make, Shall be by him amearst with penance dew. Make hast, therefore, sweet love, whilest it is prime; For none can call againe the passed time.
the theme of the poem: the poet love a girl who doesnt pay attention to his feelings, spenser is talking to spring to talk to his lover and pay attiention to his feelings. spenser use the argument of time, that the time will never turn back. good time will never remain so the poet want her to take a chance and love him the imagery: there is an extended personification that the poet is talking to the spring as if he…
Read the whole commentthe theme of the poem:
the poet love a girl who doesnt pay attention to his feelings, spenser is talking to spring to talk to his lover and pay attiention to his feelings. spenser use the argument of time, that the time will never turn back.
good time will never remain so the poet want her to take a chance and love him
the imagery:
there is an extended personification that the poet is talking to the spring as if he is a reall person and that running through all the poem
There is alfactory image in the word flower which can be smelled and also a visiual image on the word flower whish the beauty of the flower can be seen
in line 3 and 4 we have two visiual image also in "flowers nd colours"
there is kinesthetic image it gives impression of movement in "arrayd and goe"
the poet personifying the love as a man.
the musicality:
in "sort-spring" the reprtition of the same cononants in the beging of the word (consonance).
[prime and time] is rhyming couplet
the word fresh the sound of the word give an activity (onomatopia)
in line 9 and 8 end wiz the same sound [take-make]