I liked how closely He paired godliness and God's presence to nature. It is in nearly every poem we were given. He holds nature in such high regard and in a way reprimands mankind for tainting it or "smudging" it because nature should be regarded as "God's Grandeur."
I also loved the way in which Christ was depicted in these poems. Especially the way in which Hopkins constantly depicted mankind seen as Christ in God's eyes. He does this in the closing stanzas in "That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection" and also in "As Kingfishers Catch Fire."
These were a few of my favorite things.
P.S. Commented on Claire's blog.
I also really liked how Hopkins paired godliness and God's presence to nature. My favorite poem by Hopkins's that I read was "God's Grandeur."
ReplyDeleteI really liked Hopkin's connection of God to Nature as well. Again, just like you both said, I think this is perfectly capsuled in "God's Grandeur."
ReplyDeleteThe heavens declare the glory of the Lord. And the Medievals didn't separate divinity from nature. Everywhere they looked. They saw God's physical power and presence in His creation.
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