Spring (Shakespeare) Analysis

In the context of the play, "Spring" is a song. It gets its song-like sound from a number of factors, but rhyme and meter are two of the biggest. The song is written in iambic tetrameter with...

As we mentioned in the "In a Nutshell" portion of the program, this poem is actually a song sung at the end of Shakespeare's play Love's Labour's Lost. It's never entirely clear who sings it exactl...

We have to look at "Spring's" setting from at least two perspectives (more on a possible third later): the play it is part of and the poem-song itself. In the play, Love's Labour's Lost, the settin...

"Spring" sounds like what it is: a song. But what gives "Spring" its song-y sound? We're glad you asked.There are at least a bazillion pop songs out there (really, we did the math) and, while they...

As poem titles go, this one is pretty on-the-nose: "Spring" is a poem about spring and all things spring-y. But we should keep in mind that the poem is actually a song sung at the end of a play wit...

The closer you read, the more you see. "Spring," like most of Shakespeare's work, has layers of meaning that make even a short song like this one a rich reading experience. This layering is accompl...

Shakespeare's "Spring" might not have you pulling out your hair like some of his other work, but if you really want to catch all the linguistic acrobatics in this one, it might take a bit of work....

Unlike some of his other plays, where he riffed on previous stories or myths, Love's Labour's Lost appears to be an entirely original Shakespearean joint—mad props, yo. (Source.)In at least one p...

To the un-Shmooped eye, "Spring" can look pretty tame. But trust us, this one deals with some racy stuff. The fact that these racy bits are veiled in pun and innuendo keeps "Spring" in the PG range...