Essay of poetic analysis“Spring” by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918) is a sonnet divided into two distinct sections, the octave and the sestet. The author's use of alliteration, rhyme, and vivid imagery takes the reader from an energetic vision of spring to a desperate prayer for the innocent. Analysis The poem's opening statement captures the reader's attention. From this verse, “There is nothing more beautiful than spring” (line 1), Hopkins continues to describe the elements of spring through similes and metaphors. “Thrush eggs look like little low skies” (line 3) is an example of a simile that uses alliteration to not only give the reader a vivid image of a bird's eggs that are evident in spring, but also to make it pleasant to read and pronounce aloud with the repeated "l" sound. Other terms throughout the octave such as “the glassy pear” (line 6) beginning to bloom, the blue sky, and “racing lambs” (line 8) express the beauty of spring. Hopkins uses alliteration in "weeds, in wheels, long, lovely, lush shoots" (line 2) to slow the reader down giving them the feeling of walking in a meadow....