Question

Which phrase best expresses the theme of this sonnet

the mundaneness of human life contrasted with the divinity of nature

devotion to a loved one despite opposition from the world
appreciation of the beauty and blissful nature of the seasons

the innocence of childhood contrasted with the corruption of adulthood

God's Grandeur
by Gerard Manley Hopkins

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out,like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed.Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod,have trod,have

Answer 1

Which phrase best expresses the theme of this sonnet?

the mundaneness of human life contrasted with the divinity of nature

devotion to a loved one despite opposition from the world

appreciation of the beauty and blissful nature of the seasons

the innocence of childhood contrasted with the corruption of adulthood
Done
God's Grandeur
by Gerard Manley Hopkins

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.