Pied Beauty Glory be to God for dappled things - For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold‚ fallow‚ and plough; And áll trades‚ their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter‚ original‚ spáre‚ strange; Whatever is fickle‚ frecklèd (who knows how?) With swíft‚ slów; sweet‚ sóur; adázzle‚ dím; He fathers-forth whose beauty is pást change: Práise
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Wordsworth´s “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802” The poem‚ a Petricharan sonnet‚ “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802” by William Wordsworth describes the view from Westminster Bridge in an early morning sunlight and represents the image even more the beauty of London city in a very positive and peaceful way. The speaker achieves to produce an image in the reader´s mind that is so clear‚ that the reader is able to picture himself on the Westminster Bridge. The following
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How does Hopkins vividly convey a particular idea regarding the beauty of the world in “Pied Beauty”? “Pied Beauty” is a poem which focuses on the things which many people consider to be imperfect and unaesthetic. It’s about finding beauty where others see flaws; it’s about the glory of God and the wonder of life. In fact‚ the beauty of the flawed‚ spotty and dotted surrounds us every day: it is built harmoniously into nature. The poem is essentially centred on the ‘yin and yang’ of nature how its
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Pied Beauty 	The poem "Pied Beauty" begins by praising God for all the colorful and diverse things in nature. The speaker is thankful for everything with dots‚ circles‚ different colors‚ etc. He seems to be fond of nature and "the great outdoors." Many of the images in the poem made me think of camping out‚ or a picnic. For example‚ fresh fire-coal‚ chestnut falls‚ finches‚ skies of two colors‚ cows‚ etc. But the poem does not only speak of natures’ diversity. It also makes
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¡®Composed Upon Westminster Bridge¡¯ and ¡®God¡¯s Grandeur¡¯ are both traditional poems written in the romantic era which looks upon changes that need to happen and looks away from those to the places which haven¡¯t been affected by the misery of the world. ¡®Composed Upon Westminster Bridge¡¯ is a typical romantic sonnet expressing Wordsworth¡¯s love for the beauty and amazement of London. This is in much contrast to ¡®God¡¯s Grandeur¡¯ in which Hopkins expresses his feelings towards the beauty
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idea of box after box they aren’t being unique‚ meaning they aren’t showing their soul‚ they are being soulless. The use of free verse clearly expresses the purpose of the poem that is to signify how the arrangement of something simply limits the beauty it possesses in its original form. Boey Kim Cheng lets his poem flow freely‚ showing his opposition to planning and how it compresses everything. The three irregular and unmatched stanzas also show the same opposition to identical and aligned buildings
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about London’s beauty while crossing Westminster bridge. He opens the poem with a hyperbole‚ designed to grab the attention of the reader. He continues this with almost an accusation: “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by”. This is basically challenging the reader to read on‚ as he or she would be ‘dull of soul’. In the next line‚ the word “now” shows that it is not just this place‚ but this time that adds to the atmosphere. This is supported where Wordsworth describes the beauty of the morning
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account (this could be Blake). The person notices the terrible living conditions and suffering life of Londoners who live by the Thames. The use of detracting language (weakness‚ hapless) drives his feelings of sympathy for the people. "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802" however is full of praise for London‚ but does not describe the people of London as it is written in the morning before the city has awoken for a new day. It describes the landscape and architecture of London as "majestic
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passionate anger‚ revealing the complex connections between patterns of ownership and the ruling ideology‚ the way all human relations are inescapably bound together within a single destructive society. William Wordsworth’s (1770-1850) sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge 3rd September 1802" is a ’momentary poem’ written when the coach on which he and his sister Dorothy were travelling to London to board a ship to Paris paused on the Westminster Bridge across the Thames. Wordsworth describes what
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The poem opens with an offering: “Glory be to God for dappled things.” In the next five lines‚ Hopkins elaborates with examples of what things he means to include under this rubric of “dappled.” He includes the mottled white and blue colors of the sky‚ the “brinded” (brindled or streaked) hide of a cow‚ and the patches of contrasting color on a trout. The chestnuts offer a slightly more complex image: When they fall they open to reveal the meaty interior normally concealed by the hard shell; they
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