Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HARRY PLOUGHMAN, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hard as hurdle arms, with a broth of goldish flue Last Line: With-a-fountain's shining-shot furls. Subject(s): Plowing & Plowmen | ||||||||
HARD as hurdle arms, with a broth of goldish flue Breathed round; the rack of ribs; the scooped flank; lank Rope-over thigh; knee-nave; and barrelled shank -- Head and foot, shoulder and shank -- By a grey eye's heed steered well, one crew, fall to; Stand at stress. Each limb's barrowy brawn, his thew That onewhere curded, onewhere sucked or sank -- Soared or sank -- , Though as a beechbole firm, finds his, as at a roll-call, rank And features, in flesh, what deed he each must do -- His sinew-service where do. He leans to it, Harry bends, look. Back, elbow, and liquid waist In him, all quail to the wallowing o' the plough: 's cheek crimsons; curls Wag or crossbridle, in a wind lifted, windlaced -- See his wind- lilylocks -laced; Churlsgrace, too, child of Amansstrength, how it hangs or hurls Them -- broad in bluff hide his frowning feet lashed! raced With, along them, cragiron under and cold furls -- With-a-fountain's shining-shot furls. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SILVER PLOUGH-BOY by WALLACE STEVENS TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY by ROBERT BURNS THE PLOUGHER [OR PLOWER] by PADRAIC COLUM PLOUGHING THE ROUGHLANDS by HELEN DUNMORE THE PLOUGHMAN by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE PLOUGH; A LANDSCAPE IN BERKSHIRE by RICHARD HENGIST (HENRY) HORNE ABYSS by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS |
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