Grandeur of God

Gerard Manley Hopkins poem

“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.”

the first line of poem- energized verb

“like shining from shook foil;/ It gathers to greatness, like the ooze of oil/ Crushed.”

thunder, oil image + assonance and alliteration

“Why do men then now not reck his rod?”

the question

“Generations have trod, have trod, have trod”

repitition line

“And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;/ And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell; the soil/ Is bare now, nor can foot feel being shod.

Image of man hurting earth and soil bare - image of shoe on feet - emphasized vers

“nature is never spent”

sum of Gods greatness

“There lives the dearest freshness deep down things”

reminder in sestet God cares for man and nature

“Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastwards, springs-”

imagery of dawn

“Because the Holy Ghost over the bent/ World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.”

final image