God's Grandeur

1.) The most important theme in this poem is the connection between god and nature, the author has a deep belief in god, and knows that he created the earth. And he doesn't not understand how people can walk on the soil that god created and not recognize is greatness, or even care about as they "trod" along. The Poem ultimately represents the disconnection between people, and god. But the poet himself, sees this and questions society as a whole. The recognition of god's creations are what will bring you closer to him, but the land to which he created so beautifully, has been transformed society, a process by which that higher power has watched. 

2.) "It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;" This simile represents the how the respect of gods beautiful creations, have been shaken away, and have been taken over by industry. The world that god created is the shiny part of the foil, but it could not withhold the shake that society gave it and it lost its shininess and importance, and became even more weak, and wrinkled. 

"And wears man's smudge and shares man's smells: The soil

Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod." 

Man is making an unfortunate "footprint" on the god-made earth. Soil no longer connects people to god, because there is a shoe that separates them, just as industry separates men from god. 

"And though the last lights of Black West went 

Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs"

Black symbolizes the darkness, and the hope that this earth does not have. During the west the sunsets, which refers to darkness, and unfortunate, fate. But the brown brink eastward, springs, bring hope. As long as man reconnects himself to nature, he can overcome society and connect to god through nature. 

3.) "reck his rod" reck is a shortened term referring to recognize, the men are no longer recognizing god and things he has created for them, instead they are allowing industry to take over their lives, which disconnects them from nature. "spent" reflects on hope, it is placed on the shift in the poem, and it allows the readers to understand that nature is forever, you can never run out of it. "bent" bent refers to a reckless behavior, which consists of men who show disrespect, and are disconnected from the lord. 

4.) alliteration- the title has alliteration; shining, shook; flame, foil, reck, rod; gathers, greatness; last, lights; brown, brink 

assonance, consonance, internal rhyme- Smeared, Seared, Bleared