GERARD MARY HOPKINS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

• Born July 28, 1844
• His poems were mostly religous, about nature, and melancholy
• Poems didnt began being published till after World War I
• One of the greatest poets of the Victorian Era
• Died June 8, 1889

MEANING OF THE POEM

• Poem opens up with an offering
• Apology for unconventional strange things that normally are not valuable
• Points out that everything God created exemplifies his power and inspires people to praise him
• Talks about things that are normally not beautiful

RHYTHM

• Created sprung rhythm- unlimited amount of unaccented syllabales
• Helps weave diverse things all into a whole
• Written like a hymn
• Alliteration on almost every other line
• ABCABC DBEDE

SETTING

• Cows, trouts, chestnuts, and birds
• "Humans don't control nature, but they play an important part in it"
• Divided in plots and pieces for farming characterized with dots, spots, dabs, and dapples