Gerard Manley Hopkins (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Hopkins' life years
Hopkins' life years
1844-1889
Hopkins' birthplace
Hopkins' birthplace
Stratford, Essex, England
Hopkins' university
Hopkins' university
Balliol College, Oxford
Who influenced Hopkins' Catholic conversion
Who influenced Hopkins' Catholic conversion
John Henry Newman
Hopkins' religious vocation
Hopkins' religious vocation
Jesuit priest
Hopkins poem about a falcon
Hopkins poem about a falcon
The Windhover
Hopkins poem with 'dappled things'
Hopkins poem with 'dappled things'
Pied Beauty
Who published Hopkins' works posthumously
Who published Hopkins' works posthumously
Robert Bridges
Hopkins' unique metrical system
Hopkins' unique metrical system
Sprung rhythm
Hopkins' term for unique essence of a thing
Hopkins' term for unique essence of a thing
Inscape
Hopkins' term for force holding thing together
Hopkins' term for force holding thing together
Instress
Two poets who influenced Hopkins
Two poets who influenced Hopkins
John Donne and George Herbert
Sound techniques Hopkins used for musicality
Sound techniques Hopkins used for musicality
Alliteration and assonance
When Hopkins gained recognition
When Hopkins gained recognition
After his death (posthumously)
Connection Hopkins explored in poetry
Connection Hopkins explored in poetry
Nature and the divine/God's grandeur