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HAILSTORM IN MAY by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS

Poet Analysis

First Line: STRIKE, CHURL; HURL, CHEERLESS WIND, THEN; HELTERING HAIL
Last Line: BID JOY BACK, HAVE AT THE HARVEST, KEEP HOPE PALE.
Subject(s): SPRING; STORMS;

STRIKE, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail
May's beauty massacre and wisped wild clouds grow
Out on the giant air; tell Summer No,
Bid joy back, have at the harvest, keep Hope pale.





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