![]() Simile is to be found in Delicate-filmed as new-spun silk’, and in glad green leaves like wings’. The very first line of the first stanza contains a fine example of Personification wherein the Present is seen doing the work of a man with its hands. It is in this as well as in the impressive employment of figures of speech that the poem is really remarkable. The first line gives the image of a bird flapping its soft, tender wings in the air, while the second one weaves a fine texture of silk for the Spring-Maid. “And the May-Month flaps its glad green leaves like wings, ![]() For imagery, the following two lines must be marked: ![]() The poem is remarkable for the use of arresting imagery and loaded diction. ![]()
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