1.The first eleven lines are a chant of welcome to the Spring with its harmonious marriage between heaven and earth which mellows vegetations,pricks birds and stirs the heart ofman with a renewing power of nature.Thus,the pilgrimage is treated as ar event in the calendar of nature,an aspect ofthe general springtime surge of human energy which wakens man's love of Venus (natural love). 2.The pilgrimage is also treated as an event in the calendar of 5 divinity,an aspect of religious piety which draws pilgrims to holy places. 3.The structure of this opening passage can be regarded as one from the whole Western tradition of the celebration of spring to a local event of English society,from natural forces in their general operation to a specific Christian manifestation. 4.The transition from nature to divinity is emphasized by contrast 5 between the physical vitality which conditions the pilgrimage and the spiritual sickness which occasions the pilgrimage,as well as by parallelism between the renewal power of nature and the restorative power ofsupernature(divinity). 5.It is a model of narrative compression,with an 18-line periodic sentence that composes of a subordinate clause (line 1-11)of 79 words and a main clause (line 12-18)of 49 words, 1. The first eleven lines are a chant of welcome to the Spring with its harmonious marriage between heaven and earth which mellows vegetations, pricks birds and stirs the heart of man with a renewing power of nature. Thus, the pilgrimage is treated as an event in the calendar of nature, an aspect of the general springtime surge of human energy which wakens man's love of Venus (natural love). 2. The pilgrimage is also treated as an event in the calendar of divinity, an aspect of religious piety which draws pilgrims to holy places. 3. The structure of this opening passage can be regarded as one from the whole Western tradition of the celebration of spring to a local event of English society, from natural forces in their general operation to a specific Christian manifestation. 4. The transition from nature to divinity is emphasized by contrast between the physical vitality which conditions the pilgrimage and the spiritual sickness which occasions the pilgrimage, as well as by parallelism between the renewal power of nature and the restorative power of supernature (divinity). 5. It is a model of narrative compression, with an 18-line periodic sentence that composes of a subordinate clause (line 1-11) of 79 words and a main clause (line 12- 18) of 49 words, 5’ 5’