The poem opens with an offering: “Glory be to God for dappled things.” In the next five lines‚ Hopkins elaborates with examples of what things he means to include under this rubric of “dappled.” He includes the mottled white and blue colors of the sky‚ the “brinded” (brindled or streaked) hide of a cow‚ and the patches of contrasting color on a trout. The chestnuts offer a slightly more complex image: When they fall they open to reveal the meaty interior normally concealed by the hard shell; they
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The two poems "The Discovery" by Gwendolyn MacEwen and "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins have many similarities and differences. "The Discovery" by MacEwen is a poem about constant exploration and how nothing can ever fully be understood. "Pied Beauty" by Hopkins is a God fearing that is concerned with the continuous appreciation of everything God has created. Both authors depict a main central theme of an unappreciated world. However‚ both authors describe their themes in contradicting ways
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Pied Beauty -Gerard Hopkins The title of the poem itself is a clear indication of what follows (“pied” meaning ‘of more than one colour’)‚ a celebration of imperfection; of diversity. The poem opens with the poet praising and thanking God for spotted or dappled (imperfect) things‚ “Glory be to God for dappled things”. This one line alone sends the reader into contemplation—having always associated beauty with perfection‚ this makes one look at things from a whole
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Nineteenth-century English poet and priest Gerard Manley Hopkins is admired for the highly original use of rhythm in his poetry‚ a quality that can be seen in the following poems‚ “The Windhover‚” “Pied Beauty‚” and “Hurrahing in Harvest.” A windhover‚ also known as a kestrel‚ is a small type of falcon. These three poems express Hopkins’s devotion to the Catholic faith‚ as well as his fascination with the natural world. Like most of Hopkins’s poetry‚ the poems were first published in 1918‚ nearly
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PIED BEAUTY ESSAY The poet begins the poem by glorifying God for all of the wonderful‚ natural things‚ and he also finishes the poem in the same way‚ by praising Him for the imperfectly great things that he had listed above. The poet talks of his admiration for everything‚ even the man-made things and the things that may be considered. In the last line‚ the poem also becomes an apology for the things that may normally not be thought beautiful or valued. The poem is almost a celebration of the diversity
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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
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G. M. Hopkins’s "Pied Beauty" In "Pied Beauty" we see a striking dualism in which the nature of beings is rendered in all that is unique‚ particular and individual. All multiplicity and diversity are the gift of God in the creation of being‚ emanating from Himself. Gerard Manley Hopkins gives praises to God for the natural beauty of the world‚ the variety of it and how everything fits together. God symbolizes what is constant
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Hopkins masterfully uses figurative language to convey imagery that leads to the reader’s appreciation of the "mental pictures" the poet is attempting to convey.In the poem’s title‚ "Pied" indicates the kind of "beauty" that Hopkins will praise—multi-colored things‚ and is defined as......having patches of two or more colors‚ as various birds and other animals:The poem’s first phrase grabs the reader with a familiar religious line‚ "Glory be to God." This sets the tone for the rest of the poem by
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Analysis of ’Pied Beauty’ and ’Composed 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
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1. Compare and contrast how sound affects meaning in the following poems: “Digging‚” “[True Ease in Writing Comes from Art‚ Not Chance]‚” “The Fish‚” “The Lake Isle of Innisfree‚” and “Pied Beauty.” Sound in a poem is used as a device to help the reader better visualize the events playing out. With sound‚ the reader can better enjoy and comprehend the meaning and what is happening in the poem. The sound in the “Digging‚” is used‚ however‚ very lightly. The speaker compares his work to the manual
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