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Staffordshire figure of Spring, from a set of the Four Seasons, Neale & Co, c. 1780, 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Ēostre, West Germanic spring goddess; she is the namesake of the festival of Easter in some languages. Brigid, celtic Goddess of Fire, the Home, poetry and the end of winter.
This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, "spring" in the sense of the season comes from phrases such as "springing time" (14th century) and "the spring of the year". This use is from an archaic noun meaning "act or time of springing or appearing; the first appearance; the beginning, birth, rise, or origin".
"It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart." – Rainer Maria Rilke "In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move."
The narcissus or daffodil is the most loved of all English plants, [64] and appears frequently in English literature. Many English writers have referred to the cultural and symbolic importance of Narcissus, for instance Elizabeth Kent (Flora Domestica, 1823 [65]), FW Burbidge (The Narcissus, 1875 [66]), Peter Barr (Ye Narcissus Or Daffodyl ...
Who doesn’t love spring? The season brings blossoming flowers, warmer weather and the chance to put away our parkas until December. It's also a chance to try something new and refresh things ...
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The sense of season in kigo is based on the region between Kyoto and Tokyo, because Japanese classical literature developed mainly in this area. [10] In the Japanese calendar, seasons traditionally followed the lunisolar calendar with the solstices and equinoxes at the middle of a season. The traditional Japanese seasons are: Spring: 4 February ...