{"id":440,"date":"2015-11-16T20:37:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T03:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/a1lieblang\/?p=440"},"modified":"2015-11-16T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T03:37:29","slug":"440","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/a1lieblang\/2015\/11\/16\/440\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopkins and Wordsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hopkins:Wordsworth\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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When we were analyzing Hopkins\u2019 \u201cGods Grandeur,\u201d I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about the similarities between it and the Wordsworth poem\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThe World Is Too Much With Us\u201d (which also happens to be the only Wordsworth poem I\u2019ve read). Both poems deliver a similar message; they describe the worsening disconnect between man and nature and refer back to a time when the beauty and power of the natural world was appreciated. In both poems, a Petrarchan sonnet is the form used to deliver such a message. Petrarchan sonnets are unique in the way which their form is utilized: the octave generally presents an issue or problem, and a response or solution is proposed in the following sestet. Both Hopkins and Wordsworth present the issue of a growing disconnect from nature, which they then later claim needs to be appreciated as the divine form that it is. <\/span><\/p>\n

It can be seen that both poets have chosen to begin the poem with \u201cThe World\u201d (1). Once again, their similar thoughts are evident in that the environmental issues associated with industrialization are described as something global, a problem which encompasses each person who lives in the world. Hopkins and Wordsworth then both claim mankind is responsible for such a disaster: Wordsworth describes mankind as being \u201cout of tune\u201d with nature, and Hopkins similarly says that men have lost all connection with nature. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the sestet, differences between Wordsworth and Hopkins begin to emerge. Wordsworth\u00a0 <\/span>blatantly claims that he would rather \u201cbe\/ A Pagan\u201d than suffer through an increasingly unnatural world. He then goes on to refer to divinity in nature with ancient Greek figures, specifically naming Proteus and Triton. This clear rejection of established, industrial England is very different from Hopkins\u2019 sestet, which proves to be much more optimistic. He claims that \u201cnature is never spent\u201d despite all it has gone through, and proceeds to describe a beautiful image of \u201cthe Holy Ghost\u201d which can be seen as the world recovers. Hopkins\u2019 optimistic, religious conclusion can be contrasted with Wordsworth\u2019s much more pessimistic and cynical conclusion. Despite these overall differences, the two poets show great similarities in the way which they perceive and communicate ideas; it is no wonder that they are now both recognized as great figures in English poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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