Duns Scotus's Oxford

Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844 (Stratford, London) – 1889 (Dublin)



Towery city |&| branchy between towers;
   Cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarm{`e}d, lark charm{`e}d, rook racked,
river-rounded;
   The dapple-eared lily below thee; that country |&| town did
 Once encounter in, here coped |&| pois{`e}d powers;
 Thou hast a base |&| brickish skirt there, sours
   That neighbour-nature thy grey beauty is grounded
   Best in; graceless growth, thou hast confounded
 Rural, rural keeping -- folk, flocks, |&| flowers.

 Yet ah! this air I gather |&| I release
   He lived on: these weeds |&| waters, these walls are what
 He haunted who of all men most sways my spirits to peace;
   Of realty the rarest-vein{`e}d unraveller; a not
 Rivalled insight, be rival Italy or Greece;
   Who f{'i}red Fr{'a}nce for M{'a}ry with{'o}ut sp{'o}t.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXBAABBA CXCXCX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 752
Words 117
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 6

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