Carrion Comfort
E541464
"Carrion Comfort" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that powerfully explores themes of despair, spiritual struggle, and faith through his distinctive sprung rhythm and dense, innovative language.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ |
| author | Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristicDevice |
apostrophe to Despair
NERFINISHED
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extended metaphor of wrestling with God ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
redemptive value of suffering
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the dark night of the soul ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasSpeaker | first-person lyrical speaker ⓘ |
| inCollection | Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late Victorian poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | sprung rhythm ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of psychological and spiritual crisis
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innovative manipulation of traditional sonnet structure ⓘ use of sprung rhythm in a sonnet form ⓘ |
| openingLine | Not, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; ⓘ |
| posthumousPublication | true ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Christianity
ⓘ
Jesuit spirituality ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular sonnet rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| structure | octave and sestet ⓘ |
| styleFeature |
alliteration
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complex syntax ⓘ dense language ⓘ imagery of wrestling ⓘ innovative diction ⓘ internal rhyme ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
relationship between human suffering and God
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speaker’s struggle with despair ⓘ |
| theme |
despair
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divine grace ⓘ faith ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ suffering ⓘ temptation to despair ⓘ |
| tone |
agonized
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intense ⓘ ultimately hopeful ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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