Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems

The main purpose of God's Grandeur?

1) Highlight how determined people are when they deviate from the right path.

2) Evoke sympathy for the hard work that generations have had to do.

3) Marvel at God's presence in the world and the revitalization he gives.

4) Encourage people to convert to Christianity.

5) Contrasting a personal experience with a public one.

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This is only a short answer space but I can give you a general comment. The title of the poem gives only a partial indication of its contents. While the verse is, indeed, a poetic celebration of the handwork of God that can be seen every day in the world, it is also a lament inspired by those who cannot or simply will not acknowledge that the wonders they see around are examples of the grandeur of God’s majesty.