The child is father to the man.' How can he be? The words a… - Gerard Manley Hopkins

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The child is father to the man.'
How can he be? The words are wild.
Suck any sense from that who can:
‘The child is father to the man.'
No; what the poet did write ran,
‘The man is father to the child.'
‘The child is father to the man!'
How can he be? The words are wild!

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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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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The child is father to the man.' How can he be? The words are wild. Suck any sense from that who can: ‘The child is father to the man.' No; what the … - Gerard Manley Hopkins

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