Hopkins and birds

Ok again a very religious piece. The Windhover is basically reminiscient of the various descriptions we give to God. The falcon seems to express the watchful eye of God. Steady as he flies above with the sunlight shining on him, like the glory of God himself. The flight was masterful just as the works of God, and he has "brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here Buckle" (775). This piece is dedicated to God in honor of his masterfulness. The metaphor to the falcon is to try and make God more understandable to human eyes. The falcon is a creature that was readily available, it could be seen doing similar things whereever seen. Its flight was nothing short of amazing and this poem evokes that God too could be and is watching with every falcon they see. This poem would cause the reader to associate the flight of the falcon with the works of God, his pride in his people.