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Poem Structure and Word Analysis of "God's Grandeur"
Summary: A line-by-line analysis of the poem "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The poem reflects Hopkins' Christian beliefs and thoughts about humanity's negligence in tending to the word of the Lord.
"God's Grandeur" is one of the few poems written by Hopkins during his service as a Roman Catholic priest. The poem shows Hopkins' love towards God and his love of sound.
"God's Grandeur" is a sonnet that contains three quatrains and a couplet. This sonnet is reminiscent of the Italian sonnet in that it contains one octave and one sestet. In "God's Grandeur", the octet describes the way in which humans are destroying the world by not attending to the greatness that surrounds them. The sestet is more optimistic in that in reveals Hopkins' personal belief that God's grandeur will remain because of the working of the Holy Ghost.
The title, "God's Grandeur" is a title that is self-explanatory in that Hopkins wants to convey the magnificence and power of God.
In the first line, "The world is charged with the grandeur of God" Hopkins utilizes the word...
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