1. Poem Analysis
Wisdom

2. Wisdom Modern American Poetry
It was a night of early spring,
The winter-sleep was scarcely broken;
Around us shadows and the wind
Listened for what was never spoken.
Through half a score of years are gone,
Spring comes as sharply now as then-
But if we had it all to do
It would be done the same again,
It was a spring that never came;
But we have lived enough to know
That what we never have, remains;
It is the things we have that go.

3. S is for Speaker
I think that the speaker in the poem, is recalling the death of a loved one.

4. O is for Occasion
I think the occasion in the story is recalling a death of a close friend or a loved one.

5. A is for audience
I think the intended audience is someone else who lost a friend or a loved one.

6. P is for Purpose
I think that the purpose of the poem is to help someone who lost a loved one and that that he/she isn’t the only person who has experienced this traumatizing event.

7. S is for Subject
I think that the poem is about the death a loved one and how they might have died during spring so every spring the memories are recalled more sharply.

8. T is for tone
I think that the poem is sad because it is recalling the memory of someone close and still sharp after ten years.