Biography 1 III. Poem #1 “God’s Grandeur” 3 IV. Poem #2 “Binsey Poplars” 4 V. Reputation and Critical Reception 5 VI. Conclusion 6 I. Introduction Bridging the distance between nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poetry is of great significance. As often the case with innovators and artists who are ahead of their times‚ Gerard Manley Hopkins was torn by contradictions and his poems regarded as unconventional for
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General View The language of Hopkins’s poems is often striking. His imagery can be simple‚ as in Heaven-Haven‚ where the comparison is between a nun entering a convent and a ship entering a harbour out of a storm. It can be splendidly metaphysical and intricate‚ as it is in As Kingfishers Catch Fire‚ where he leaps from one image to another to show how each thing expresses its own uniqueness‚ and how divinity reflects itself through all of them. He uses many archaic and dialect words‚ but
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Spring Gerard Manley Hopkins [1844-1899] Relevant Background • Hopkins was a priest who wrote Nature Poetry. • He celebrated beauty in the natural world. He loved the freshness of spring. • In many of his poems‚ like ‘Spring’‚ he linked beauty in nature to prayer. • He thought that beauty in nature was a reminder of God’s love and greatness. • He thought that beauty in nature was a reminder of the innocence and purity of childhood. • He wrote this poem more than a hundred years ago. • Hopkins
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Pied Beauty‚ Gerard Hopkins vividly portrays his love of things that are not perfect by his choice of words‚ his use or imagery and alliteration. One way that Hopkins vividly portrays his love of imperfections by his choice of words. For example "For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swims;" by that Gerard Hopkins said that the moles on the trout’s body or scales that he compared with a beautiful rose. We all know that moles sometimes can be ugly and hideous‚ but to Hopkins - he said otherwise
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In this essay‚ I am going to explore and analyze how Gerard Manley Hopkins marries the two themes of religion and nature together in his poem‚ “Pied Beauty”‚ and how these ideas are presented in terms of language‚ form‚ and structure. Firstly‚ Hopkins presents these two themes through peaceful imagery created by various aspects in the poem. For example‚ this is evident in “Landscape plotted and pieced – fold‚ fallow and plough”. The word choices in this line‚ include “plotted”‚ “pieced” and “plough”
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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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The poem "Spring and Fall" by Gerard Manley Hopkins is a poem focusing on the brevity of life‚ and the grief that is felt in the hearts of all mankind throughout our lives. It is also about the sadness felt by humans as we see ourselves aging‚ and ultimately about the fact that sin and separation from God bring sorrow and sadness that can never be fully explained by man. The poet is seemingly speaking to a young child‚ Margaret‚ who in her naivety and youth is only beginning to learn about aging
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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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Compare/contrast In Dudley Randall’s poem “Ballad of Birmingham” and Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to son” are two poems of two different mothers wanting the best for their child. In the poem “Ballad of Birmingham‚” Dudley Randall illustrates a conflict between a child who wishes to march for civil rights and a mother who wishes only to protect her child. Much of this poem is read as dialogue between a mother and a child in a way that paints a picture of both character’s feelings. “Ballad of
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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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