Spring and Fall

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Poetry | Gerard Manley Hopkins

Why was Margaret shocked in “Spring and Fall”?

Why was Margaret shocked in “Spring and Fall”? In “Spring and Fall,” published posthumously in 1918, Hopkins (1844-1889) talks about a little girl named Margaret. She feels sad whe...
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What Biblical Reference is Made in the Poem “Spring and Fall?”

 What Biblical reference is made in the poem “Spring and Fall?” Gerard Manley Hopkins' (1844 – 1889) poem "Spring and Fall" (1918) touches on deep themes of mortality, loss, and th...
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Why was Margaret shocked in “Spring and Fall”?

Why was Margaret shocked in “Spring and Fall”? In “Spring and Fall,” published posthumously in 1918, Hopkins (1844-1889) talks about a little girl named Margaret. She feels sad whe...
Read Note

What Biblical Reference is Made in the Poem “Spring and Fall?”

 What Biblical reference is made in the poem “Spring and Fall?” Gerard Manley Hopkins' (1844 – 1889) poem "Spring and Fall" (1918) touches on deep themes of mortality, loss, and th...
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