ENGB04H3 Lecture : lecture notes on poems
Document Summary
This is a hymn to god in the form of a sonnet. The next generation says that after so many generations, the whole world has been remade by humans and nothing natural is left. We can no longer get in touch with the natural world which is filled with god"s spirit. The sestet says that nature still has freshness, morning will follow night, and the holy spirit still warms the world. Reck his rod: fear his punishment (in the form of a stick) Broods: keeps warm, like a chicken on its eggs. The speaker saw a falcon high in the sky and it filled him with a sense of the glory of god. This is a poem of praise for things that are not just one colour, but multicoloured. Implicitly this praises the variety in the world. This is a poem of praise for a conscious objector beaten to death in military prison because he refuses to go to war.
