Could someone help me better understand the meaning of "Spring" by William Shakespeare?

Question

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

This is full of innuendo, as the word "cuckoo" corresponds more or less to the word "cuckold" in the language of the time, a cuckold being a man whose wife is deceiving him. The cuckoo is a bird which makes free with the nests of other birds for reproductive purposes. Another allusion often used was the placing of horns on the head of a man, these being a symbol of the cuckold. The rest should be clear to you. Ladysmocks are wild flowers and this is taken up with the allusion in the second verse to young girls doing their laundry. Cuckoo buds are small buttercup buds. Daws are jackdaws and oaten pipes are simple pipes readily available by plucking plants in the meadow.

I think you should be able to sort out the rest yourself.

Answer 2

Do you mean a specific play or poem with spring mentioned in it? I am not aware of a poem or play called Spring.

Try here for shakespeare quotes with spring in them:

http://www.rhymezone.com/r/ss.cgi?q=spring&loc=rz1&mode=k

Answer 3

In which play or poem?