Hopkins own spiritual
desolation and
stagnation.
Feeling of being
abandoned by God, and of
unfufillment and despair.
Sprung Rhythm:
In order to achieve the
natural rhythm of the speaking voice,
Hopkins ofren breaks away from the rigid
iambic pentameter, with its 5 light
stresses and 5 heavy stresses.
A religious
celebration of nature
The illness and
death of a farrier
While giving himself the freedom
of sprung rhythm, he also uses
end rhyme as a method of control.
Hopkins
Poetry
Use of sound - alliteration
(onomatopoeia, assonance)
Use of adjectival phrases
Of spiritual
stagnation
Use of repetition
Of gloom and
desolation
Drawn from
nature
Use of compound words
Religious
Of unfufillment and
despair
Use of complex syntax