Allusion

In the poem "Spring" by Gerard Hopkins, Eden is referenced as the original paradise. This allusion helps to go along with the theme that the innocence will disappear and become spoiled. Spring in this poem is a symbol for a new, untainted beginning. The adjectives at the beginning of the poem support how life can be so wonderful before sin and human nature destroy it. "Have, get, before it is cloy." (Hopkins) We as readers are showed that we must enjoy life before it is ruined, ironically, by ourselves more often than not.