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    CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH [Established under the Central Universities Act 2009] PO Box: 21‚ Dharamshala‚ District Kangra - 176215 (HP) www.cuhimachal.ac.in Course Instructor: Dr KBS Krishna Course Code: EEL 502 Course Name: Victorianism Credits Equivalent: 04 Credits (One credit is equivalent to 10 hours of lectures / organised classroom activity / contact hours; 5 hours of laboratory work / practical / field work / Tutorial / teacher-led activity and 15 hours of other workload

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    Upon Wesminster Bridge’ Pied Beauty by Gerald Manley Hopkins and the Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth‚ both show the beauty of life and the world around us. The only difference is that the petrarchan Sonnet written by Wordsworth is thanking God for the beauty of nature’s landscapes and talking about the beautiful morning in London during the industrial revolution. The reduced version of a petrarchan Sonnet by Hopkins praises God for all the odd and strange things within

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    thirty-one-year-old blacksmith named Felix Spencer‚ who died of pulmonary tuberculosis; Father Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ while a curate in a slum parish in Liverpool‚ visited him often‚ administered the last sacraments‚ and officiated at his funeral. Hence the poem is largely romantic self-expression. There is little or no ironic separation between the “I” (the speaker within the poem) and the author (the historical Hopkins outside the poem)‚ so the “I” may be taken as a Roman Catholic priest reflecting on the

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    significant points in the subject’s life journey. The four texts that will be compared are; “God’s Grandeur”-Gerald Manley Hopkins‚ “I wake and feel the fell and dark‚ not day”-Gerald Manley Hopkins‚ “Reign Over Me” written and directed by Mike Binder and a visual representation of journey. “God’s Grandeur” contains a significant inner journey. In the first four lines of the octet Hopkins describes a natural world through which God’s presence runs like an electrical current. Alternatively in the last

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    exemplified by Seamus Heaney and Gerald Manley Hopkins in their respective poems “The Forge” and “Felix Randall”. Gerald Manley Hopkins’s poem “Felix Randall” does show great admiration for skilled individuals and it does in many different ways. Firstly the poem itself is about a priest and Hopkins almost glorifies this work by placing the priest on the same level as John the Baptist. This gives the reader a sense of the importance of the work of a priest‚ because Hopkins is glorifying the position so highly

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    Spring and Fall

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    The Poet Gerald Manley Hopkins was a Jesuit Priest. The Poem was written in 1880.He was an English man. He was a 19th century Poet. He got Fame after his death. According to Poet Spring is a sign of fresh life or new birth and Fall means biblical fall of man from grace which led to his mortality. In “Spring and Fall‚" Hopkins explains to a child that we all age and die. That Margaret‚ like all of us‚ must deal with this fact and not let the knowledge of it hold her back from life. This is a message

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    from the land.’ Compare and contrast at least two poems in the light of this statement. Two poems that indeed suggest that “there is something to be learned from the land” are ‘Binsey Poplars’ and ‘Nutting‚’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins and William Wordsworth respectively. In ‘Binsey Poplars’ Hopkins advocates preservation -recognizing the significance of natural things and the wider implications of destroying them. In ‘Nutting’ a similar lesson is presented‚ almost a warning: to treat nature with delicacy

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    1922‚ has a brilliant effect of diving into one’s mind and unfolding latent meanings that otherwise remain undiscovered (Browning and Cousin 242-243‚ 331). Coming from two opposite worlds‚ Gerard Hopkins and Robert Frost have both left their imprints on the universal galaxy of poetry. “Pied Beauty” written by Hopkins in the 19th century alongside Frost’s 20th century “Design‚” are two identical yet alien poems that express the concept of religion through the usage of literary elements such as imagery

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    Theme for English B- Langston Hughes By Dania Dobbs in CSEC Revision Stuff (Files) · Edit Doc In his poem “Theme for English B‚” a response to an assignment given by his class instructor‚ Langston Hughes writes about the differences between himself and his instructor’s race. He talks about being the only “colored” person in his class and expresses the feeling of being similar to other races‚ primarily “white”‚ and yet different throughout the poem. Although he details the commonalities between

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    Michael Norman Manley (December 10‚ 1924 – March 6‚ 1997) was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica (1972 – 1980‚ 1989 – 1992). The second son of Jamaica’s Premier Norman Manley and Jamaican artist Edna Manley‚ Michael Manley was a charismatic figure who became the leader of the Jamaican People’s National Party a few months before his father’s death in 1969. Contents [hide] 1 Reforms 2 Diplomacy 3 Violence 4 Opposition 5 Re-election 6 Family 7 Retirement and death 8 Sources

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