As Kingfishers Catch Fire
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"As Kingfishers Catch Fire" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that celebrates the unique, God-reflecting individuality of created things through vivid natural imagery and innovative sound patterns.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ |
| author | Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 19th century ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| editorOfFirstCollection | Robert Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstLine | As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame ⓘ |
| focus | correspondence between being and doing ⓘ |
| form | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
nature poetry
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
bells
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dragonflies ⓘ faces ⓘ kingfishers ⓘ stones in a well ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
enjambment
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metaphor ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | sprung rhythm ⓘ |
| movement | Jesuit poetry ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept |
inscape
ⓘ
instress ⓘ |
| posthumousPublication | true ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousOrderOfAuthor | Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABBAABBA CDCDCD ⓘ |
| soundPattern |
alliteration
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assonance ⓘ consonance ⓘ internal rhyme ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
compressed syntax
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dense imagery ⓘ innovative rhythm ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
moral action as expression of Christ
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relation between nature and God ⓘ |
| theme |
God-reflecting uniqueness
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divine presence in nature ⓘ incarnation of Christ in human action ⓘ individuality of created things ⓘ |
| theologicalConcept |
Christ in the believer
NERFINISHED
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imago Dei ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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exultant ⓘ |
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