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Gerald Hopkins, E. Cummings, And Emily Dickinson's Poems
Gerald Hopkins, E.E. Cummings, and Emily Dickinson all displayed the beauty of spring in multiple different ways. Hopkins used his poem “Spring” by displaying the rebirth of the environment. Cummings’ poem “in Just” shows the power of the God of nature. Dickinson’s poem “I taste a liquor never brewed” acknowledges her love of spring by comparing it to be intoxicating. The spring has many beautiful transitions. All throughout Hopkins’ poem he exhibited imagery. In the spring all the greenery returns. The wind is blowing. Flowers are blooming. He used alliteration to grab the reader’s attention related to the growing weeds. Simile was used to show the intensity of the sound. He uses the Eden Garden to portray how beautiful spring could look
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