1. Spring

By the author's diction, I understand the poem "Spring" as having to do with Easter. The words eggs, heavens, lambs, Eden garden, Christ, lord, all are religious and can be associated with the event. The first line, "nothing is so beautiful as spring--" ties nicely with the last stanza. The book in question four is able to paraphrase the last stanza basically saying save us from sin. Which having a Catholic background, means that there is nothing more beautiful than being saved from sin. Thus, like Hopkins describes the "peartree and blooms" and mother nature starting over, people may also have the chance to renew themselves. This can also be illustrated through the line "a strain of the earth's sweet beginning/In Eden garden".