The poets wrote of this spring awakening from a cold, harsh winter, as this fever comes over us and starts to warm our spirits. Spring provides us with hope. Spring also causes us to want to travel, whether it is to a warm beach or to a different home.
Robert Browning in “Home-thoughts, from Abroad,” yearns “to be in England / Now that April’s there.”
William Wordsworth in “It Was An April Morning: Fresh And Clear” echos the joy of movement, “The Rivulet, delighting in its strength, / Ran with a young man’s speed; and yet the voice / Of waters which the winter had supplied.”
Robert Bridges in “Awake, My Heart, To Be Loved,” tells us “the land is canopied with light … And blossoming boughs of April in laughter shake.”
Geoffrey Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales “Whan … Aprill with her shoures soote / The droght of March hath perced to the roote.”
Spring fever is not directly connected to The Canterbury Tales, but it is a term that is often used to describe a feeling of restlessness or excitement that people experience during the spring season. In The Canterbury Tales, spring and movement is a prominent theme that is explored through various tales and characters.
One of the most famous tales in The Canterbury Tales is the “General Prologue,” which sets the scene for the rest of the work. In this prologue, Chaucer describes the arrival of spring and the impact it has on people’s moods and behaviors. He notes that the season brings new life and energy, and that people are eager to leave their homes and travel to new places.
Throughout most poetry, spring is associated with change, love, romance. Perhaps this is why so many people feel the desire for something different when spring arrives. They desire the romance of falling in love and caring for a new home.
Have you been taken with Spring Fever? If so, let’s take a journey together to find a home for you to fall in love with!