Gerard M. Hopkin’s poem, “God Grandeur”, is describing the glory of God and how intense he is. He believes God’s power grows and can spread everywhere, but inquires as to why men do not see or use this power like they should. He is speaking again from his Jesuit perception and his theological studies that appear in his poetry when he describes how the world is full of the light of God.

Gerard M. Hopkins speaks to our modern topic of environmental concerns when he talks about man walking through generation after generation upon the earth, but it is “seared” or ruined by his ideas and crushed by his toil as man has ruined the beauty of God’s creation. The earth and nature are now smeared and the trees have been replaced by industries and concrete buildings. Man has no connection anymore with the earth and the ground; nature.

Man now wear shoes instead of feeling the rich earth between underneath his feet. He concludes in stanza two by talking about even after the destruction at the hands of men, the earth and nature still rebound from deep within, and nature continues to renew each season and demonstrates its beauty. The sun still sets in the West and rises in the East every morning. Nature is strong and has survived all of men’s smudges and smells.

Gerard M. Hopkins concludes that God is still watching over the world in spite of man’s continuous failings and destructive nature. He still rises on bright wings and God’s light still shines through with warm breast or fresh milk; nourishment for nature as it renews itself. All things still contain some of nature’s beauty even though man has strayed from the path of where God intended for him to be.