Sprung rhythm - the sonnets

[kellyrfineman]

Here are links to the previous posts on sprung rhythm:
  An intro to sprung rhythm
  Yesterday's post about poetic feet in sprung rhythm

In addition to his requirement of four stressed syllables per line (using poetic feet varying from 1 to 4 syllables in length) plus a caesura mid-line, Hopkins used a lot of alliteration, as was discussed in the

Comments

[ext_1476872]

Thanks for the GMH fix for today.

Sigh. Love him.

[kellyrfineman]

He really did have a way with words!