Difference is Beautiful

Difference is Beautiful: Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty”
Gerard Hopkins poem “Pied Beauty” is said to be typical of many of his works, especially in his treatment of God and nature. The poem exclaims that many of the creatures created by God are not the same color, shape, size, or countenance; but they are still beautiful. The poem also explains that God should be praised for his creative differences regardless of how strange his creatures look or act. Along with the aforementioned exclamations the poem also exclaims that God’s creation of different creatures shows his acceptance of diversity. While Gerald Hopkins “Pied Beauty” seems to persuade us to thank God for his differential beauty in nature throughout the poem, the final five lines suggests that we praise God for his acceptance of mankind and follow his example.
In many facets of our society today, individuality is looked upon with a frown, and at times the individual is mocked. However, ...