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God's GrandeurOverall, the poem is in iambic pentameter, but there are some irregularities in the first five lines. An iamb is a poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. In...
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God's GrandeurIt gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil / crushed. In this line, the alliteration is happening on the stressed syllables. ("Ooze of oil" is not quite a perfect alliteration, but it is...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning"Sonnet 43" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: This sonnet is a traditional sonnet, meaning it is 14 lines long and written in iambic pentameter. The poem alternates between stressed and non-stressed...
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God's GrandeurThese words come in the second stanza of the poem, which begins, Generations have trod, have trod, have trod, And all is seared with trade; smeared, bleared with toil And wears man's smudge and...
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God's GrandeurIn "God's Grandeur," Hopkins uses many figurative devices, but the one repeated most often is alliteration. Alliteration means using words that begin with the same consonant more than once in a...
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God's GrandeurThe central idea of "God's Grandeur" is expressed in three parts--a sketch of God's character, a lament and a psalm-like praise--and sets forth Hopkins' view that God's grandeur is apparent in the...
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God's GrandeurThe overall point of this poem is that nature is an example of God’s grandeur. The definition of grandeur is the quality of being grand or magnificent. This poem shows God’s grandeur in...
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God's GrandeurHopkins uses the invocation of God in the poem to establish what he sees as essential in the world. The poem can be appreciated outside of the domain of religion, as well. For example, if one...
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God's GrandeurIn line four the two back to back stressed syllables feel abrupt and may create a sense of urgency or importance to the questions of God's presence that are being asked. Crushed. Why do men then...
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The World Is Too Much with UsThe chief comparisons between the two lay in (1) the subjects (nature) and (2) the poetic form (sonnets). Both subjects address the lamentable power of riches and enterprise--in a world of greed...
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The Poetry of HopkinsOne way that it might be said that Hopkins corrects, or provides answers for, the defects of Romantic poetry as illustrated by "God's Grandeur" is by tying metaphysical religious themes into the...
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The World Is Too Much with UsBoth poems are variations of the sonnet form. "The World is Too Much with Us" employs a rhyme scheme of abba abba cdcdcd. "God's Grandeur employs the same rhyme scheme. This rhyme scheme is...
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The World Is Too Much with UsWhat is the most significant theme that "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and "The World...William Wordsworth’s poem “The World Is Too Much With Us” scolds mankind for ignoring nature and placing too much emphasis on his own society. Instead of communing with nature, man is only...
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God's GrandeurMost definitely. Consider the first stanza of this incredible poem. Consider how there is a divide between the first three lines and the next word and the rest of the poem, which describes man as...
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God's GrandeurIn his poem, “God’s Grandeur,” Gerald Manley Hopkins uses many poetic devices. He is credited with the invention of “sprung rhythm” which is 3 to 4 syllables per foot, and the accent is...