Description of Spring
by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
‘Description of Spring’ by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey uses spring to emphasize the speaker’s sorrow. Despite the uplifting season, the speaker’s depression only worsens.
Henry Howard was an English nobleman, politician, and poet who was born around 1517. He’s considered one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry, and his work is often connected to Sir Thomas Wyatt’s. He was famously executed by Henry VIII in 1547.
‘Description of Spring’ by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey uses spring to emphasize the speaker’s sorrow. Despite the uplifting season, the speaker’s depression only worsens.