... can find an enjambment, some are stronger then the others. The poet is creating an effective metaphor in line 9 to line 12, between God's master piece- nature, to his unsuccessful work. In the first 7 lines the poet is asking many questions most people ask in their life, he is addressing God with questions about ... can in a life time devoted to God. After the word "lust" an enjambment occurs as if to emphasize "lust". Lust is very common positive topic in sonnets but here lust is an awful sin that is negative and is upsetting the speaker very much. The word "lust", stressed by the use ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... view that his poetry is "some of the most musical ever written" Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the greatest 19th-century poets of religion, of nature, and of inner anguish. In his view of nature, the world is like a book written by God. In this book God expresses himself completely, and it is by reading the world that humans can approach ... I agree with. His choice of words may not make a great deal of sense, however, they still manage to paint a picture for us. For example in "Carrion Comfort" one of his "Sonnets of Desolation" whereby his music is less exuberant and more intense tha...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate