The poetical language of an age should be the current language heightened, to any degree heightened and unlike itself, but not...an obsolete one. - Gerard Manley Hopkins

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The poetical language of an age should be the current language heightened, to any degree heightened and unlike itself, but not...an obsolete one.

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About Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was a Jesuit priest and English poet whose posthumous, 20th-century fame established him among the finest Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in prosody (especially in regard to sprung rhythm) and his vibrant use of imagery established him as both an original and daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse.

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