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Gerard Manley Hopkins "The Wreck of the Deutschland" Poem animation

Here's a virtual movie of the great English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins reading the poem that is considered to be his masterpiece "The Wreck of the Deutschland". composed in 1875 and 1876, though not published until 1918 The poem depicts the shipwreck of the SS Deutschland. Among those killed in the shipwreck were five Franciscan nuns forced to leave Germany by the Falk Laws; the poem is dedicated to their memory. In the 90 years since the poem's publication, it has attracted considerable critical attention and is often considered Hopkins' masterpiece because of its length, ambition, and use of sprung rhythm and instress. Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. (28 July 1844 -- 8 June 1889) was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in prosody (especially sprung rhythm) and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse. Hopkins's poetry exists today only because his friends published it after his death. Hopkins, who was only 5'2" tall, suffered his entire life from both physical problems and severe depression. As a student at Oxford, he converted from the Church of England and was received into the Catholic Church at the age of 22. His patron, Cardinal John Henry Newman, offered him a job, but instead Hopkins joined the Jesuits. Worried that poetry would be a distraction from leading a religious life well, he essentially stopped writing from about the time of his conversion until 1875. In that year Hopkins wrote "The Wreck of the Deutschland," about the heroic sacrifice of a group of German nuns who were crossing the North Sea to England when their boat sank in a storm. This was a challenging poem, and even Hopkins's friends didn't like it. "I wish those nuns had stayed at home," wrote one friend. When Hopkins submitted the poem to a Jesuit magazine, it was rejected. But it got him writing again. Several problems conspired to depress Hopkins's spirits and restrict his poetic inspiration during the last five years of his life.[12] His work load was extremely heavy. He disliked living in Dublin, away from England and friends. His general health deteriorated as his eyesight began to fail. He felt confined and dejected. As a devout Jesuit, he found himself in an artistic dilemma. To subdue any egotism which would violate the humility required by his religious position, he decided never to publish his poems. But Hopkins realized that any true poet requires an audience for criticism and encouragement. This conflict between his religious obligations and his poetic talent caused him to feel that he had failed them both. After suffering ill health for several years and bouts of diarrhoea, Hopkins died of typhoid fever in 1889 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, following his funeral in Saint Francis Xavier Church on Gardiner Street, located in Georgian Dublin. He is thought to have suffered throughout his life from what today might be diagnosed as either bipolar disorder or chronic unipolar depression, and battled a deep sense of melancholic anguish. However, on his death bed, his last words were, "I am so happy, I am so happy. I loved my life Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2012