Gerard Manley Hopkins - age: 44

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Victorian poet and Jesuit priest known for his poetic experimentation with rhythm and imagery. His poems include "Pied Beauty," "The May Magnificat," "As Kingfishers Catch Fire," and "The Caged Skylark."His poetry frequently contains a metrical innovation known as "sprung rhythm."He lived in John Keats' hometown of Hampstead for a portion of his youth. While a student at Highgate School, he was inspired to write poetry after reading Keats' work.

BEFORE FAME

He was the oldest of nine children born to Catherine and Manley Hopkins.

PERSONAL LIFE

He never married, but he wrote many letters over the years to a close male friend named Digby Mackworth Dolben.

FUN FACTS

Poet Gerard Manley Hopkins were born on Sunday, in a leap year, birthstone is Ruby, the seaon was Summer in the Chinese year of , it is 200 days until Gerard Manley Hopkins next birthday.

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