The Echoing Green Analysis

The Sun does arise,
And make happy the skies.
The merry bells ring,
To welcome the Spring.
The sky-lark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around,
To the bells cheerful sound.
While our sports shall be seen
On the Echoing Green.

Old John, with white hair
Does laugh away care,
Sitting under the oak,
Among the old folk.
They laugh at our play,
And soon they all say,
Such such were the joys
When we all girls & boys.
In our youth time were seen,
On the Echoing Green.

Till the little ones weary
No more can be merry
The sun does descend,
And our sports have an end:
Round the laps of their mothers.
Many sisters and brothers,
Like birds in their nest.
Are ready for rest;
And sport no more seen,
On the darkening Green.

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From hte 1st few words, you could see that this was going to be a symbolic poem, an easy read, but have alot of maening behind it.Blake might be suggesting that we should try to get back in touch with nature, as everything in this verse is echoing with nature. This is emphasised when:
“The sky lark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around,
To the bell’s cheerful sound”
This is indicates how both humans and birds share in the celebration of the new season as the “bells” are in harmony with the birdsong. Furthermore, this shows that the bells are inviting spring and that the bells weren’t to call people to church, instead it was inviting spring. The rhyming couplets are simple, but symbolic giving a harmony to the poem.
In the second verse hints that nature is important to all ages, young and old in the community that Blake depicts, as it says that Old John is:
“Sitting under the oak
Among the old folk
Laughing at our play”
This suggests that nature is very good to us, protecting the old people, as old John was sitting the oak. This also shows that if you get in touch with nature, you’ll be protected form you worries. Nature also provides a safe environment for children to play on. As we go back a verse we to see:

| Posted on 2009-11-12 | by a guest