I guess my reason for posting this poem is obvious to everyone -- I wanted to show that high art can be written without "strict" meter, and that there is value to such art. Hopkins was clearly tuned to his own music, and he imparts it to the poem so stunningly that everyone can see it (which is my eventual goal for myself).
However, I'm also wondering how you all would interpret these lines:
Quote:
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
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I think I know what Hopkins means, but I'm not sure.
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Caleb
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[This message has been edited by Caleb Murdock (edited 11-06-2000).]