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"He fathers forth whose beauty is past change" - comment.
This extracted line is quoted from G. M. Hopkins' memorable poem, "Pied Beauty" which is written in the summer of 1877 when the poet was studying theology at Pantasap in North Wales.
Here 'He' suggests the God who has blessed us by giving this pied beauty of all things in this universe. God is the creator of the dappled things of the world. He produces the multi-coloured, multi-shaped, multi- natured things in this entire universe, but the beauty of God is eternal, He is beyond change, He himself is the pied beauty.
Here 'father' is used as a verb means 'to beget'; here it means 'to create'. The word 'forth' adds energy to the expression. 'Father, a common word has been used in its appropriate original sense. This shows Hopkins' complete command over the language. Actually God is the ultimate whose beauty knows no change. God is the "Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."(St. James I, 17). The poet's boundless faith in and devotion to God are all distinctly discernible here.
Here 'He' suggests the God who has blessed us by giving this pied beauty of all things in this universe. God is the creator of the dappled things of the world. He produces the multi-coloured, multi-shaped, multi- natured things in this entire universe, but the beauty of God is eternal, He is beyond change, He himself is the pied beauty.
Here 'father' is used as a verb means 'to beget'; here it means 'to create'. The word 'forth' adds energy to the expression. 'Father, a common word has been used in its appropriate original sense. This shows Hopkins' complete command over the language. Actually God is the ultimate whose beauty knows no change. God is the "Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."(St. James I, 17). The poet's boundless faith in and devotion to God are all distinctly discernible here.
Examples of dappled things from "Pied Beauty" -
"Pied Beauty " by G. M. Hopkins have devotional poem where the poet deals with the glorification of God for the creation of the pied things of this universe. The poet here covers a wide range of things to illustrate the pied beauty of the world which bear the sign of God's glory.
The poet, Hopkins here mentions the double-coloured sky like the 'brinded cow', the fish with black spots in their rose-coloured skin - "........rose moles all in stipple upon trout that swim", fallen chest nuts revealing the reddish brown nuts like the bright fire coals - "Fresh firecoal chest nut falls", the beautiful multi-coloured wings of the finches, multi-coloured landscapes plotted and pieced into green pastures, Brown uncultivated lands and grey ploughed fields, all industrial progress and inventions - "And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim."
The poet also mentions the things which are opposite in nature - 'swift', 'slow', 'sweet', 'sour', 'dazzle' and 'dim'. Actually by referring this pied things of this universe, the poet pays his homage to God for His material blessings showered upon the universe.
The poet, Hopkins here mentions the double-coloured sky like the 'brinded cow', the fish with black spots in their rose-coloured skin - "........rose moles all in stipple upon trout that swim", fallen chest nuts revealing the reddish brown nuts like the bright fire coals - "Fresh firecoal chest nut falls", the beautiful multi-coloured wings of the finches, multi-coloured landscapes plotted and pieced into green pastures, Brown uncultivated lands and grey ploughed fields, all industrial progress and inventions - "And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim."
The poet also mentions the things which are opposite in nature - 'swift', 'slow', 'sweet', 'sour', 'dazzle' and 'dim'. Actually by referring this pied things of this universe, the poet pays his homage to God for His material blessings showered upon the universe.
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