Title of the Paper: “The Manifestation of devotional elements in the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins” Author’s Name:-Dr. Kamal J.Dave Designation: Associate Professor (Dept. of English) Name of the Institution: Municipal Arts and Urban Science college, Mehsana (North Gujarat) Postal Address: A-304, Divyajivan Heights, Near Swaminarayan Dham, DholeshwarMahadev Road, Kudasan. Gandhinagar-382421. Email: kamal_tirth@yahoo.com Contact No.: 9427319279 Abstract: Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) was held to be a priestly metaphor of Victorian Poetry and a syntactical simile of Modern Poetry. He had prophetically been in search of the “authentic cadence” that paved the way for his spiritual fulfillment. Hopkins motivation is to know God; therefore, …show more content…
He had prophetically been in search of the “authentic cadence” that paved the way for his spiritual fulfillment. Hopkins motivation is to know God; therefore, he crafts his poems in forms. For Hopkins, everyone is, in a small way, the image of God. The essence of Christian devotion is the total submission to the Will of God who, infinitely perfect and blessed in Himself, created man out of His free will and make him share His own blessed life. As a Jesuit, Hopkins was bound by the Jesuit order to follow his mission. G. M. Hopkins is a poet who uses his craft as a means to relate to God. He sees God everywhere; "The world is charged with the grandeur of God" (God's Grandeur, 1) Hopkins motivation is to discern God; therefore, he crafts his poems in forms. After all, God is manifested in forms -the forms of an insect, the form of a flower, a fish, a bird, a planet or a human being. For Hopkins, everyone is, in a small way, the image of God. He noted in his notebook of 1882; "God’s utterance of himself in himself, is God the word, outside himself is this world. This world then is word, expression, news of God. Therefore its end, its purpose, its purport its meaning is God and its life or work to name and praise …show more content…
‘Mounted in the scarlet’ he saw the world and worded it in his poems, never blurring its hard actuality, but never debasing to mere actuality its ultimately mysterious news of God. As an "incomprehensible certainty" he reverenced God, and in his best works every aspect of poetic language incarnates without limiting that inscrutable yet intensely distinct mystery that formed the center of his life and faith.” Thus, from the very initial stage of his poetic journey Hopkins has searched out the authentic cadence of life that is, Love is God, and God is Love. Thereafter, this biblical cadence - "God is Love (cfJN 3.16) - nurtures Hopkins’ thoughts and emotions throughout his life. He exclaims with delight; “Love I was shewn upon the mountain side And bid to catch Him ere the drop of day See, Love, I creep and thou on wings dost
In the poem he veers from any pattern and words like, "abject louse," and "maggot," followed his reputation of having an angry diction. His work is completely impulsive which was seen as exotic and passionate, which certainly reflected the period. In his poetry he was said by Norton to stay away from, "making any sense or reason," (Saintsbury, 50).
Finally, his call to know and experience God in a “vitally Trinitarian” way by the Spirit captures the very essence of Paul’s ministry and encapsulates the entire thesis of the book.
Through the use of punctuation (or lack thereof), repetition, and rhyme scheme, John Clare 's first stanza of “I Am” expresses the speaker 's distorted sense of self and vast understanding of his morose existence. The following stanza has been chosen as the analysis point for this paper:
The article offers a unique view into Hughes’s poetry, revealing another side of Hughes’s expertise as a poet. Although she does spend a great deal of time on the discussion of the importance of Hughes’s diction to the rhythms he wanted to infuse into the aforementioned five pieces, Dickinson does more than the traditional literary analysis in order to explain Hughes’s talents as a writer. With special attention given to the five of his lesser-known works, she gives the reader an opportunity to hear the music within the lines of many pieces.
In the Word of God exist the eternal truths, the species, the formal principles of things, which are the models of created beings. In the intellectual light imparted to us by the Word of God we know both the eternal truths and the ideas of real beings. God is the beginning and end of enerything.
Jonathan Edwards’s attention to the separation of the body from the soul combined with his efforts to account for the spirit of revivalism during the “Great Awakening” implicates the sublime as both a rhetorical tool and psychological experience that, in either case, foregrounds the relationship between an individual’s perception of the self and his or her relationship to a community. Comparing Edwards’s personal writing to his public writing , an exploration of the phenomenon of conversion is clearly developed. Sublime experiences represent potential moments for conversion to Christianity because such events are moments that define the self in absence
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oriented pursuits. He places a great deal of emphasis on virtue. He goes on to say that heavenly
Both Gerald Manley Hopkins and William Blake explore the conflicts between one’s opinions and the faith which they devoutly believe. The poems The Garden of Love and Hopkins’ Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord each show the persona doubting the philosophical qualms of life surrounding Catholicism and whether spending “life upon thy cause,” is meaningful. As a child, Blake read the Bible to enhance his reading skills, however developed views correlating to the Swedenborgian church which holds the Catholic church’s views without the institutionalised feeling which Blake despised of in Catholicism. The Garden of Love intertwines his beliefs into the poetry, as depicted with the strong imagery between the vibrant childhood memory of the surroundings in comparison to the older man’s views. However,
He puts himself as an equal to some of the greatest literature artists in history before he has even began his work in earnest. He also scoffs at sinners, showing arrogance and that he is more worthy in God’s eyes then them. He also chooses himself to go on this journey, among the entire world population. And in his own
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