The Aesthetic Aspects in Gerard Manley Hopkin’s Pied Beauty

Critics have given Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 -1889) particular attention for his ability to describe nature as he watches it and transfers this description to the form of poems. His perception of beauty creates an aesthetic vision and he succeeds in expressing his concept of beauty through talking about nature in his poetry, and such a genuine expression enables his readers to share the vision of beauty with him. The current paper aims to trace the aestheticism theme in Hopkins’ poetry through analyzing and interpreting the previously mentioned concept in his poem Pied Beauty, which demonstrates the admiration of beauty in everything. i.e. it is worth admiring even the oddest things in this world. Without a doubt, Pater has an extensive influence on Hopkins’s art. Even though the current paper is not mainly concerned with the previously mentioned influence upon Hopkins. However, the researcher has paid a try to shed light on the aesthetic aspects and relate them to Hopkins’s life, i.e. how his own life plays a vital role in shaping those unique abilities. No one can deny the fact that the poet of this study is concerned with art, nature and God. Actually, his concept of beauty differs clearly from that presented by other poets. In other words, nature for him is beautiful because God creates it. Every single image in this poem attracts the reader’s attention towards nature’s simplified beauty.