The expression "second spring" which is used by Charlotte Smith in her Sonnet II Written at the close of spring underlines the meaning of the poem. First, the author depicts the beauty of nature while it is going through it's rebirth in the spring. This makes a connection to the theme of the Natural World which can be seen throughout the Lyrical Ballads. Being inspired by the beauty of the event and all the colors Charlotte Smith is comparing the depressed, sad, and "poor Humanity"
to the natural world which rises from the dead after winter. By making the comparison the poet highlights human incapability to be happy. She says that it is impossible for humanity to through sort of a Resurrection and be happy again. By the natural standards the humanity is not able to wake up from the winter stage of grayness, sadness and sleepiness go through the "second spring" and become green and flower again along with the rest of the natural world. It is a definite indication of the human detachment from the origin, nature. It is also a definite indication of the state which the detachment is causing. Tyrant and corrosive human is imprisoned in his sad world and the heavy shackles of civilization do not allow him to blossom with happiness ever again.
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