In this poem's fifth couplet, the poet remembers seeing the Pleiades "glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.
In this poem's fifth couplet, the poet remembers seeing the Pleiades "glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid." The poet makes apostrophe and it is to his lost love Amy that he addresses the poem's most familiar line, "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Beginning by requesting his comrades leave him, the poem was written in trochaic meter at the suggestion of Arthur Hallam. For 10 points-- name this dramatic monologue spoken at the home of his wealthy uncle by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
In this poem's fifth couplet, the poet remembers seeing the Pleiades "glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.
{“Locksley Hall”}