I was an English major at a very catholic college and just realized that I somehow never actually read any Hopkins, despite hearing his name a lot. Boy, that's some artful repression right there!
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS MENTION! He's my favourite poet of all time! You're right about the erotic repression, two of my favourite poems that follow the same theme in different ways is The Windhover and I Wake And Feel. The Windhover is probably my favourite of all time, and I've got it memorized. I Wake And Feel was the first poem I read of his which made me question if he was a homosexual (and google said I was right! So. Props to my literary gaydar?). I love it though. Everytime I read it I feel the need to get up and dance-run around my house in glee. I can't wait to reread the ebook version and find the references :) what a joy!
I was an English major at a very catholic college and just realized that I somehow never actually read any Hopkins, despite hearing his name a lot. Boy, that's some artful repression right there!
He’s very circuitous about it but a solid 60% of his poems are about how it’s tearing him apart he can’t have gay sex
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS MENTION! He's my favourite poet of all time! You're right about the erotic repression, two of my favourite poems that follow the same theme in different ways is The Windhover and I Wake And Feel. The Windhover is probably my favourite of all time, and I've got it memorized. I Wake And Feel was the first poem I read of his which made me question if he was a homosexual (and google said I was right! So. Props to my literary gaydar?). I love it though. Everytime I read it I feel the need to get up and dance-run around my house in glee. I can't wait to reread the ebook version and find the references :) what a joy!
YES! He’s so much fun. I love both of those poems.