Windhover

Windhover

by Gerard Manley Hopkins

“The Windhover” is a sonnet written by Gerard Manley Hopkins, a renowned English poet of the Victorian era. This poem, considered one of Hopkins's finest works, explores the beauty and power of a kestrel as it hovers in the air. The poem is written in Hopkins's distinctive style, which is characterized by a use of strong imagery and powerful language. The poem delves into themes of the divine, the natural world, and the human condition. The kestrel's magnificent flight becomes a metaphor for God's presence, and the poem ultimately suggests that even in the face of suffering, there is beauty and wonder to be found in the world.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame placed him among the leading Victorian poets. His manipulation of prosody – parti...

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