“By a Grey-Eye’s Heed”

In “Harry Ploughman,” Gerard Manley Hopkins describes an agrarian laborer in nautical terms to illustrate how work itself becomes a propeller for life’s voyage. The dynamics of sound due to the sonnet’s rhythm, syntax, and structure imitate the atmosphere and movements of both farmer and ship. By ec...

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Main Author: Klein, Ann Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 501-517
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hopkins, Gerard Manley 1844-1889, Harry Ploughman / Lebensreise / Shipping / Spirituality
Further subjects:B Hopkins agrarian labor nautical navigate ship plough grace vocation
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