Gerard Manley Hopkins

Hopkins takes us back to nature in his poem "Pied Beauty" as did the poets in the Romantic period.

"Glory be to God for dappled things-- For skies of couple-colour......for rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim....finches' wings; landscape plotted....."(p. 775). I found the poem to be short and sweet. I admire the fact that Hopkins give glory to God for the natural things and their differences. I believe that God is responsible for the beautiful things that surround us. God makes everything with its own differences. Humans and other beings. The sky and landscape have their various colors and so do people, fish, birds, etc. That was my take on the first stanza.

He really sheds light on the fact that everything had its purpose and we are made a certain way for a reason. "All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)......He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him." Have you ever heard someone say "its not better, its not worse, its just different"? That is what came to mind when I read the last stanza. If something about someone or something is different, that does not necessarily mean better or worse. Even if it goes contrary to popular belief, the differences we find in nature and each other are worth appreciating and accepting.