Gods Grandeur 2
Relationships between humans and the Divine have been the subject of many authors writings, in fact the very first text ever published was the Bible; the most comprehensive link between the Divine and humans. History is full of examples of people trying to define their relationship with the Divine or lack there of, “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love...” (Psalm 51:1). In the poems, “God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins and “Leda and the Swan” by William Butler Yeats, humans relationships with the Divine is explored. In these poems we see an attempt to capture the obscurity, beauty and knowledge that are ever present in ...
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the reader to take a closer look at the splendor of God which surrounds us every day, “The world is charged with the grandeur of God” (Hopkins). Everything around is full of God’s glory, but one needs to realize that, “God’s glory is hidden except to the inquiring eye or on special occasions” (MacKenzie, 1981, p. 63). This is represented by the comparison of God’s glory to the shaking of gold foil. Gold foil when viewed from only one angle appears to be dull, but when shaken gives of radiant light, much like lightning. If we limit ourselves to looking for God only on the surface we may actually miss His true radiance because we are unwilling to explore other venues to discover Him. Much like lightning, God’s display of glory can be dangerous and powerful: “The electrical images convey danger as well as power, but their display is rare” (MacKenzie, 1981, p. 63). The glory of God is present but at the same time is ...
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Christianity, the Holy Ghost as the Dove of procreative Divinity; and the Classical, Swan as Jove the impregnator” (Vendler, 1963, p. 105). Yeats calls into question our typical view of who and what God is. This poem is as much a commentary on how Christianity views God as it is a tale of ancient Greece and the ancient God Zeus. Contrary to this, Hopkins underlines the beauty of God’s undying love for humankind. “Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs- Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! Bright wings” (Hopkins). These final three lines of the sestet are, “a vision of dawn, the physical sequence ...
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