tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post4607412950450069672..comments2024-03-29T04:03:21.577-04:00Comments on BookBirdDog (BookDilettante): National Poetry Month: "Spring and Fall: to a Young Child" by Gerard Manley HopkinsHarveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-24533306171407301252014-04-19T11:17:04.213-04:002014-04-19T11:17:04.213-04:00New to me and I thank you.
Hope you will stop by ...New to me and I thank you.<br /><br />Hope you will stop by Readerbuzz and take a look at my contribution to Poetry Month, <a href="http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2014/04/official-readerbuzz-guide-to-all-things.html" rel="nofollow">The Official Readerbuzz Guide to All Things Children Poetry-ish.</a>Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-78505875942121780722014-04-17T19:49:28.327-04:002014-04-17T19:49:28.327-04:00I used to like asking students to read the line &q...I used to like asking students to read the line "what heart heard of, ghost guessed" out loud, and then talk about how the difficulty of saying it echoes the difficulty of thinking it.<br />Also, I think of "goldengrove unleaving" every fall. There's always that one stand of trees...Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-40073853473054161242014-04-14T19:33:54.571-04:002014-04-14T19:33:54.571-04:00Thanks for sharing this one Harvee! I hadn't h...Thanks for sharing this one Harvee! I hadn't heard of this poet before. I like this one.The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10217390642323530030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-53824527469934922332014-04-14T07:08:03.546-04:002014-04-14T07:08:03.546-04:00I also am not familiar with this poem. I am a litt...I also am not familiar with this poem. I am a little familiar with the poet. I will reread this one. Liked it at the first reading.Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246834295123351186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-82786832428306679352014-04-13T18:53:31.186-04:002014-04-13T18:53:31.186-04:00I'm not familiar with this poem, but loved it,...I'm not familiar with this poem, but loved it, so will check out his other work.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974471357928655315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-31222764411670889362014-04-12T07:15:38.105-04:002014-04-12T07:15:38.105-04:00I have always loved his poetry. The poem you have ...I have always loved his poetry. The poem you have chosen is wonderful. The human emotions and nature are closely connected and almost inseparable. That has been depicted here so well....gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-87310891397617795842014-04-11T18:57:47.867-04:002014-04-11T18:57:47.867-04:00He has several poems that are wonderful in their i...He has several poems that are wonderful in their imagery and inventiveness. This is one of them!Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-68434420986644999342014-04-11T17:52:45.335-04:002014-04-11T17:52:45.335-04:00There's another Hopkins poem that I really lik...There's another Hopkins poem that I really like: Pied Beauty (http://www.bartleby.com/122/13.html). Do you know that one? Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-21501146385942080282014-04-11T14:54:07.542-04:002014-04-11T14:54:07.542-04:00Thanks for sharing Spring and Fall and your descri...Thanks for sharing Spring and Fall and your description. It is amazing how a short poem can convey so much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16263900929320390381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-67681156426526225782014-04-11T10:32:00.578-04:002014-04-11T10:32:00.578-04:00I do love the wonder that children see in everythi...I do love the wonder that children see in everything around us...and this poem seems to call attention to that as well as attention to the loss of that awe as we age. Great post.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-39532150333245632912014-04-11T04:58:41.479-04:002014-04-11T04:58:41.479-04:00This is a great poem.
It never ceases to amaze m...This is a great poem. <br /><br />It never ceases to amaze me how poetry can convey emotions and ideas in way that are just not the same in prose. In particular this poem illustrates that.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041753785577045651.post-5000789265688351922014-04-10T12:31:27.013-04:002014-04-10T12:31:27.013-04:00Wonderful choice of poem, Harvee! I am not too fa...Wonderful choice of poem, Harvee! I am not too familiar with Hopkins, so thanks for this post. Sukohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893742747135555499noreply@blogger.com