Comparisson of Poets: Hopkins and Yeats, God's Grandeur and Easter 1916

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Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem, "God's Grandeur" cautions of mankind to heed God's word with a life that demonstrates a belief in Him. The poet asks, "Why do men then now not reck his rod?/Generation have trod, have trod, have trod,/And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil" (Hopkins 4-6). Here we see that the poet believes that mankind's knowledge can never exceed God's. He reaches this conclusion by looking toward nature, which confirms God's presence. When the

poet addresses skeptics saying, "For all this, nature is never spent/There lives the dearest freshness deep down things" (9-10), we see his argument for all things operating together to represent the presence of God.

Both poets express the modernist views that looked toward a new set of values rather than seeking new ways of advancement and technology. Hopkins urges mankind to see God in the world around him and Yeats urges man to see the goodness in each other before it is

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Approximate Word count = 323
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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