The Windhover
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The Windhover is a celebrated sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that vividly depicts a falcon in flight as a symbol of spiritual beauty and divine glory.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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sonnet ⓘ |
| author | Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorReligiousOrder | Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionDate | 1877 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
celebrated nature lyric
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one of Hopkins's finest poems ⓘ |
| dedication | To Christ our Lord ⓘ |
| editorOfFirstPublication | Robert Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstLine | I caught this morning morning's minion, king- ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
nature poetry
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
fire and burning
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plough and soil ⓘ shining metal ⓘ |
| influenceOn | 20th-century modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lexicalFeature |
compressed syntax
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use of archaic diction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Jesuit poetry
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Victorian poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | sprung rhythm ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex imagery
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compound words ⓘ dense alliteration ⓘ innovative rhythm ⓘ neologisms ⓘ |
| openingImage | falcon riding the wind ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | St Beuno's, Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABBAABBA CDCDCD ⓘ |
| subject | a falcon in flight ⓘ |
| symbolism |
Christ
NERFINISHED
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divine glory ⓘ spiritual beauty ⓘ |
| theme |
ecstasy in spiritual vision
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incarnation of Christ ⓘ nature and spirituality ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ sacrifice and suffering ⓘ |
| tone |
ecstatic
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reverent ⓘ |
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