Sort of Crinkly.

"Spring" by Gerard Manley Hopkins puts me in a very "I want to plant a garden" mood. The first part is especially descriptive due to its sonnet form because it is indeed an Italian sonnet. This involves a beginning form of eight lines called the octave, which in this poem is a vastly descriptive image of spring. This includes images of "weeds...shoot[ing] long, lovely, and lush." (which puts me in the green mood...I should buy a Prius.) in addition to a "Thrush's eggs" and "racing lambs" which all seem to symbolize new life. Unlike the first Dickinson poem we read which was incorrectly interpreted as a garden scene, but is rather a sunset, the details aforementioned make "Spring" much like a garden, specifically the Garden of Eden, which is alluded to later in the poem. In fact, this later comes after a very important element of an Italian sonnet called the volta or "turn." By utilizing a different rhyme scheme, the volta signifies a change in the subject or an extrapolation on the beginning section. The generic garden image is expounded upon to carry the more important connotation of the Garden of Eden which allows for a smooth transition to the final stanza concerning Jesus and the thangs he do by saving innocence and shtuff.