with Glory be to God for dappled things He praises God for creating the sky with mixed colours spotted cows and the dots on swimming trout a kind of fish He also praises the red-brown fallen chestnuts and the beautiful wings of finches He sees beauty in farmlands So Hopkins carefully observes small details in nature and finds joy in them This love for nature is a strong Romantic element God in Nature For the Romantic poets nature was not just a thing of beauty They found deeper meaning in nature Hopkins found God s glory in nature In The Windhover Hopkins sees a falcon flying in the sky He describes the falcon s beauty and power as it flies It is riding the wind It dives glides and turns beautifully in the air The poet depicts it as the morning s favorite and the prince of daylight Morning's minion king- dom of daylight's dauphin Hopkins sees the majesty of God s creation in the beauty of the bird In this poem Hopkins shows how something beautiful in nature can make us think about God Strong Personal Emotions Romantic poetry is full of deep emotions and personal feelings Hopkins s poems also show strong emotions when he sees nature or thinks about God In The Windhover Hopkins s heart is deeply moved when he sees the falcon As he says My heart in hiding Stirred for a bird This shows his personal excitement Again the poet feels deep sorrow about Felix Randal Felix became ill and died suddenly at a young age The poet says Felix s tears touched my heart This deep personal emotion is a Romantic element Imagination and Imagery Romantic poets often used imagination and rich imagery to create beautiful pictures in the reader s mind Hopkins also uses vivid images and imagination to make his poems colourful and lively In Pied Beauty he uses the images of dotted trout fish red-brown chestnuts and spotted cows In The Windhover he imagines the majestic flight of the falcon So like the Romantics Hopkins s poems also have imagination Interest in Common Life Romantic poets praised simple everyday life and ordinary people Hopkins also shows interest in common life and people In Felix Randal he writes about a blacksmith who falls sick and dies Hopkins describes Felix as Big-boned and hardy-handsome Hopkins shows love and respect for Felix s simple life and work This is similar to the Romantic poets interest in common people In conclusion Hopkins s poems show many romantic elements In his poems we find Romantic elements like love for nature strong emotions imagination interest in simple life and spiritual feelings connected to nature His poems are full of romantic spirit energy and faith that touch the hearts of readers