Patrick Kavanagh

April

April - meaning Summary

Spring Rebirth and Renewal

Kavanagh’s poem announces a decisive turn from winter austerity to springal renewal. He urges the destruction of an old, lifeless structure and the clearing away of winter’s spiritual ashes to make room for a vibrant new community. The death of a restrictive, cold figure gives way to a fertile, almost sacred conception of Spring, signaling creative, bodily, and spiritual rebirth and the start of a hopeful season.

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Now is the hour we rake out the ashes Of the spirit-fires winter-kindled. This old temple must fall, We dare not leave it Dark, unlovely, deserted. Level! O level it down! Here we are building a bright new town. That old cranky spinster is dead Who fed us cold flesh. And in the green meadows The maiden of Spring is with child By the Holy Ghost.

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