If I had to describe the poem "Spring" by Gerard Manley Hopkins in a nutshell, the sentence above encompasses every aspect. Before deeply analyzing this piece, I was under the impression that it was just an allegory regarding the innocence of young children. However, the last two lines of the poem struck a cord with me personally. As I have gotten older, it seems I look back on the days when controversial issues were not addressed and sensitive topics were not discussed, and I think about how I did not realize how innocent I was at the time. The last lines of the poem hit on this idea as well. The "innocent minds in Mayday in girl and boy" have no idea that their way of life will soon be changed to include a multitude of grim occurrences.
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