God’s Grandeur Flashcards
1
Q
What era was God’s Grandeur written in?
A
Victorian era
2
Q
What had been rising in the previous fifty years?
A
Science and decline of religion, Hopkins felts that man was losing touch with God and this needed to be change
3
Q
What is Hopkins critical of?
A
The industrial revolution and believed people focused on work and money too much but it isn’t to late for people to change their ways
4
Q
What was Hopkin’s religion?
A
Protestant upbringing but converted to catholicism age 22 his religious views are reflected in the poem
5
Q
Who was Hopkin’s influenced by?
A
Romantic poets
6
Q
A type of poem is it?
A
A petrarchan sonnet
7
Q
Where is the volta?
A
In the sestet
