Pied Beauty

Poetry | Gerard Manley Hopkins

Give the substance of the poem “Pied Beauty”. 

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Give the substance of the poem Pied Beauty Or Write a summary of the poem Pied Beauty Pied Beauty written in by G M Hopkins - is a short praise poem to God The poet praises God for creating the variety and beauty in the world The word pied means having different colours Hopkins thanks God for all dappled or spotted things in nature Praise God for Dappled Things The poet begins by praising God for different spotted things we find in nature He begins 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 He even praises the tools and clothes used in different trades Praise for Variety Hopkins says all varieties

of things are beautiful This means things that are different unique and unusual are also God s creations The poem also mentions contrasts in the world like Swift slow sweet sour adazzle dim Hopkins shows that both good and bad bright and dark are part of God s beautiful creation At the end Hopkins says that God never changes even though His creation is full of change and variety The poem ends with Praise Him It reminds us to thank God for the beauty and variety in the world In short Pied Beauty is a poem that praises God for the colourful varied and beautiful things in nature The poem shows how everything is a sign of God s glory

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