In Gerard Manley Hopkins ’ "Spring and Fall‚" the speaker of the poem describes the changing phases of an individual ’s understanding about loss and death from a childhood to maturity. Throughout the poem‚ the child ’s innocence is gradually lost over time as her weeping for the dying leaves turns into weeping for her own mortality. As if putting on a play for his readers‚ the poet incorporates visual images as well as aural effects into his poem. In "Spring and Fall"‚ Hopkins uses rhythm‚ word choice
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Examine how Donne and Hopkins deal with love and death WIKIPEDIA The Good-Morrow" is written from the point of view of an awaking lover and describes the lover’s thoughts as he wakes next to his partner. The lover’s musings move from discussing sensual love to spiritual love as he realises that‚ with spiritual love‚ the couple are liberated from fear and the need to seek adventure. The poem makes use of biblical and Catholic writings‚ indirectly referencing the legend of the Seven Sleepers and
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‘Pied Beauty’ Essay The poem‚ a hymn and partial sonnet‚ ‘Pied Beauty’ is initially about praising God due to the beauty of the world as the word ‘pied’ suggests different shades of color which can then lead to a variety. The title itself‚ Pied Beauty‚ indicates the variety of beauty. The poem indicates that the beauty in the world is all due to the one ‘whose beauty is past change‚’ God‚ giving us a reason as to why we should ‘praise him.’ The constant and remaining theme in this poem was praising
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Pied Beauty Glory be to God for dappled things - For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold‚ fallow‚ and plough; And áll trades‚ their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter‚ original‚ spáre‚ strange; Whatever is fickle‚ frecklèd (who knows how?) With swíft‚ slów; sweet‚ sóur; adázzle‚ dím; He fathers-forth whose beauty is pást change: Práise
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How does Hopkins vividly convey a particular idea regarding the beauty of the world in “Pied Beauty”? “Pied Beauty” is a poem which focuses on the things which many people consider to be imperfect and unaesthetic. It’s about finding beauty where others see flaws; it’s about the glory of God and the wonder of life. In fact‚ the beauty of the flawed‚ spotty and dotted surrounds us every day: it is built harmoniously into nature. The poem is essentially centred on the ‘yin and yang’ of nature how its
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A study of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ "Pied Beauty" Many early works about nature take their appreciation for our Father ’s artistic flair to an unwanted extreme. If individuals forget that nothing we enjoy would exist if the Creator did not have the urge to bring it about they displease Him for He is a jealous God. Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the few authors that was able to sit back and adore nature without losing sight of the Lord and we can see that in his sonnet "Pied Beauty." Through
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In the poem ‘God’s Grandeur’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ the theme of imperfection and perfection is highlighted. The majority of the poem is a contrast between imperfection and perfection. The first stanza discusses the contrast between the two themes; perfection and imperfection‚ while in the second stanza; God’s perfection is mainly spoken about. Perfection The mere title of this poem suggests the poem is about something great and powerful. The word ‘grandeur’ is defined as splendour and impressiveness
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Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins This beautiful poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins runs on a single theme- Nature and its creator‚ God. He writes about the diversity and beauty of nature and how it changes everyday. Hopkins sees the power and creation of God through nature. This poem describes his wonder and awes at the creation of such an extraordinary and ever changing course that is nature. ‘Glory be to God for dappled things‚ For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow‚’ He uses
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Pied Beauty 	The poem "Pied Beauty" begins by praising God for all the colorful and diverse things in nature. The speaker is thankful for everything with dots‚ circles‚ different colors‚ etc. He seems to be fond of nature and "the great outdoors." Many of the images in the poem made me think of camping out‚ or a picnic. For example‚ fresh fire-coal‚ chestnut falls‚ finches‚ skies of two colors‚ cows‚ etc. But the poem does not only speak of natures’ diversity. It also makes
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Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote this poem ‘Pied Beauty’‚ which used the tone of contradiction to convince readers to praise and be thankful to God‚ as He had given us whatever we have. On the other hand‚ ‘Hunting Snake’ written by Judith Wright created the tone of tense by illustrating the reactions of the poet and her companion when they met a hunting snake on their walk. Great senses of imagery were created in both the poems ‘Pied Beauty’ and ‘Hunting Snake’. First difference between two poems
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