Spring (Shakespeare) Themes

"Spring" has lots to say about the connection between us humans and the world we inhabit. So, as you might expect, the poem is chock-full of things like flowers, meadows, trees, and birds, as well...

You can't read "Spring" without getting the feeling that Shakespeare wanted us to consider the nature of marriage. After all, it's those "married men" that the annoying cuckoo keeps "mock[ing]." So...

The fellas get the short end of the stick in "Spring." It seems like everyone and everything is having a great time in the poem except the married dudes. They're getting mocked and being made to fe...

Springtime is symbolically all about rebirth and fertility. It's no wonder, then, that "Spring" has lots of feminine imagery. But Shakespeare's ideas about women and femininity go much further than...