In the Excerpt “Spring” from Thoreau's essay titled Walden, Thoreau explains how spring is a symbol of change and continuity. In order to satisfy his purpose, Thoreau uses powerful diction, prominent metaphors and personification of nature. Thoreau uses Powerful diction in the piece such as, “lifting” “glee's” “dissolves” “fresh” to convey how the spring can uplift one’s mind, and words such as “perpetual” “perennial” “eternity” to form an intellectual voice. Thoreau utilizes prominent metaphors in the piece such as, “So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity.” The author shows how human existence goes through cycles just like grass, from being grown and then cut down to its roots, but
