"God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Lines 1-3 contain an abundance of

• alliteration

• anecdote

• anaphora

• metaphor

• simile

The poem God's Grandeur is a

• petrarchan/italian sonnet

• free verse poem

• haiku

• couplet

• limerick

The first 8 lines in the poem are known as

• a sestet

• a quatrain

• a couplet

• an octave

• a quintet

In context, the repetition in line 5 (Generations have trod, have trod, have trod) highlights

• man's preference for the natural world

• the non-stop nature of man's mistakes

• the demands of an earthly life

• man's preference for God

• man's dissatisfaction with the material world

One of the ideas brought out in this poem is that despite the proof of God's existence, humans fail to

• respect God's authority

• be afraid of lightning

• appreciate the thunder and lightning

• pray

• enjoy life the way they should

The line, "Nor can foot feel, being shod" means that

• we cannot walk

• we cannot feel the sand on our feet

• we have lost our connection with earth and appreciation for nature

• we cannot remove our shoes

• we should not wear any shoes

The last six lines are different from the first eight in that

• the sound changes but the tone stays the same

• God is portrayed as less powerful

• the focus is more on man and not on God

• they reassure us of God's presence rather than question it

• they contain doubt instead of faith in God

The theme of the poem is best expressed by which one of its phrases?

• "It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil" (3)

• "all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil" (6)

• "Why do men then now not reck his rod" (4)

• "nature is never spent" (9)

• "Generations have trod, have trod, have trod" (5)

Why is nature never spent?

• because we cannot use all the water on earth

• because humans will one day be destroyed

• because nature will stop existing one day

• because God does not allow us to use all our resources

• because nature rejuvenates, renews and restores

The poem ends with

• amusement

• incontrollable hope and awe in God's presence

• a double feeling of love and hate

• hopelessness

• constructive criticism