God's Grandeur

God's Grandeur

-G. M Hopkins

 G. M. Hopkins in his beautiful sonnet "God's Grandeur" praises the greatness of the God. The poem pays the homage to the God who has gifted the earth with such a beauty. But the poet is serious because modern generations have forgotten the power of the God.

The greatness of the God is spread everywhere. As the bright light reflected from the shook foil, the brightness of the God covers the entire world. Similarly, as the trinkles of the oil is gathered from the crushed oil, the magnificence of the God is spread everywhere. There is not any place on this earth where there is no existence of the mighty God. But the modern generations have forgotten what the God has done for them. Because o the industrialization, the earth is getting polluted and the beauty of the earth is covered with the garbage from the industries. Generations have followed the path of the God, but the poet wonders why modern people are not afraid of the God who can punish anyone. Modern people have become too materialistic, they have lost the spiritual beauty. The earth is full of men's bad smell and the earth has become bare. The creativity, fertility and the virtue of the earth is lost because of the dirt that we have thrown everywhere. But we can't feel the bareness of the earth because of the shoes. Modern people are unable to fell whether the earth is hard of soft.

But the beauty of the earth is never spoiled. The beauty of the earth comes from the depth of the earth and refreshes itself. As the bright day emerges after the dark night is spent, the earth always keeps its everlasting beauty because the God is protecting us by covering us from the danger as the bird covers her chickens from her wings. Thus, the poet praises the greatness of the God in this poem.