Manley Hopkins For Skies Of Couple-Color As A Brinded Cow?
General Manley Hopkins uses metaphors, similes, and imagery to allow the reader to understand and see the dappled things mentioned in line one. The speaker says “For skies of couple-color as a brinded cow” (2). The comparison between the skies, and a brindle cow, which is a breed of cow that has large brown spot that cover most of its body, creates an image of a sky spotted with large dark clouds, or an almost cloudless sky. Brindle also means to have hair with brownish dots, this creates a texture for the dots on the cow, and an odd texture for the skies. The speaker continues “For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim” (3). The speaker again compares two dappled things, creating another image, and texture for the reader. Stipple
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The first line states “Glory be to God for dappled things--” (1). The speaker is praising God for creating the variety in the world. Glory be to God is an allusion to the hymn to creation, inspired by Psalms, that praises God for everything that he has created. The speaker questions the reason for a the dappled things, “Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)” (8). The speaker ask a rhetorical question to make the reader thinks about why the world is so diverse and freckled. The parentheses shows that this question is in the speaker’s head, showing how the speaker wonders how things acquired their pied beauty. The speaker seemed to believe the dappled in the world is because of the Lord, but the questioning of this reveals that he is unsure how it happens, and if it is really the work of God. However, the speaker continues his praise to the Lord, “He fathers-forth whose beauty is part change:” (10). God is referred to as the father of the continual changing beauty, however his own beauty never differs. The speaker is using a metaphor to show how God, the father, is the creator of the world, his son, although he does not know this for certain, he believe in God. The speaker finishes the poem with “Praise him” (11). This is a summary of the poem in a short two word conclusion. The speaker shows all the dappled things to emphasizes the beauty that
The first line states “Glory be to God for dappled things--” (1). The speaker is praising God for creating the variety in the world. Glory be to God is an allusion to the hymn to creation, inspired by Psalms, that praises God for everything that he has created. The speaker questions the reason for a the dappled things, “Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)” (8). The speaker ask a rhetorical question to make the reader thinks about why the world is so diverse and freckled. The parentheses shows that this question is in the speaker’s head, showing how the speaker wonders how things acquired their pied beauty. The speaker seemed to believe the dappled in the world is because of the Lord, but the questioning of this reveals that he is unsure how it happens, and if it is really the work of God. However, the speaker continues his praise to the Lord, “He fathers-forth whose beauty is part change:” (10). God is referred to as the father of the continual changing beauty, however his own beauty never differs. The speaker is using a metaphor to show how God, the father, is the creator of the world, his son, although he does not know this for certain, he believe in God. The speaker finishes the poem with “Praise him” (11). This is a summary of the poem in a short two word conclusion. The speaker shows all the dappled things to emphasizes the beauty that