Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poet is the speaker himself and he directly addresses the readers.
Form and Meter
The poem is written in "Sprung Rhythm" and the rhyme scheme is ABCABC DBEDE.
Metaphors and Similes
"Glory be to God for dappled things–" (Metaphor)
"For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;" (Simile)
Alliteration and Assonance
"couple-colour," "trout that swim," "Fresh-firecoal," "plotted and pieced."
Irony
In this poem, Hopkins criticizes perfectionism ironically. He celebrates every dappled object of nature and glorifies the creator of these things.
Genre
Curtal Sonnet
Setting
The poem is written in present tense.
Tone
Calm, positive, didactic, direct
Protagonist and Antagonist
God is the protagonist of the poem.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the poem is the perfectionist attitude of mankind. To the poet, the imperfect objects of nature are also beautiful.
Climax
At the climax of the poem, Hopkins remarks that God is the father of this world and his beauty does not change with time. So the readers should praise him.
Foreshadowing
Hopkins foreshadows God's grace and might from the very beginning of the poem.
Understatement
The poet understates God as the creator of "dappled things" in the first line of the poem. Later he reveals his true importance.
Allusions
In this poem, Hopkins alludes to Psalm 148.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
"Glory be to God for dappled things" (Metonymy)
"Fresh-firecoal chestnut falls" (Metonymy)
Personification
N/A
Hyperbole
"For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;"
Onomatopoeia
In this poem, the sound of falling chestnuts is referenced. It is an use of onomatopoeia.
