Describe “The Windhover” as a sonnet.
PremiumDescribe The Windhover as a sonnet A sonnet is a -line lyric poem G M Hopkins - The Windhover is a Petrarchan Italian sonnet It has lines which can be divided into two parts octave and sestet The first eight lines are called an octave and the last six lines are called a sestet In a typical sonnet the octave presents or describes something In the sestet we find a deeper meaning or the solution to a problem We find this pattern in The Windhover too The Octave This part describes the windhover a type of falcon bird flying in the sky Hopkins uses amazing powerful words to show the bird's beauty He shows the bird s strength as it rides the wind and dives He writes Morning's minion king- dom of daylight's dauphin He calls it dauphin like a prince and favorite of the morning This shows the windhover