Tuesday Poem: “Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
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by Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844-1889
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About the Poem:
This is a very famous poem so I am not going to talk too much about it except to say that I have always loved it for its intrinsic joy and delight in life, and also for the love of and the beauty of the language that shines through in every line. Read it, enjoy it: here, dear readers, is a poem that ‘risks delight.’
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About the Poet:
To find out more about Gerard Manley Hopkins, try his Wikipedia biography, here, and on Poets.org, here.
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Thanks Helen – also one of my all time favourites. I love the language and images engendered.
Thanks, Keith–I think I have yet to meet a Hopkins’ poem that I don’t like.:)
A prayer isn’t it. Marvellous imagery.’For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;’is definitely my favourite line. Thanks for posting it. It’s very appropriate at this time 🙂
Thanks Helen. I felt it suited the season, too.