The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

1955

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6
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 87 87

woman director

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Margaret Tait Photo
Margaret Tait

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Margaret Tait Photo
Margaret Tait as Narrator
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61.52 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
12 hr 6 min
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English 2.0
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12 hr 6 min
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Reviewed by FLASHP01NT 8 / 10

Review: The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo (1955)

My interpretation of the Echo poems, by Hopkins, is that he's primarily concerned with women who equate their total worth with only that of physical beauty. The writing is directed at women, but it could also be a notice, for men, about observations he feels are common enough to be helpful. The subject is similar to thoughts raised by Keats (e.g. Ode on a Grecian Urn, 1819), but the concision of Hopkins makes him a superior poet.In writing, Hopkins tries to help women understand that if they believe in life-after-death, then God would never be so cruel as to not return their beauty to them."Somewhere elsewhere there is ah well where! One, One. Yes I can tell such a key, I do know such a place, Where whatever's prized and passes of us, everything that's fresh and fast flying of us, seems to us sweet of us and swiftly away with..."The "key" describes a way out of depression caused by feelings of loss. He also attempts to buoy spirits by considering a person's being, including the quality of their thoughts and manner; and small things about a person that can't be changed, or that could be overlooked. All these things God keeps, and will return to you, when you die. Together, they make the whole of who you are (a state unachievable on Earth).Hopkins knows what he's saying is obvious. His goal is to provide comfort. He never mentions anything negative when addressing typical expectations. He speaks specifically about things of value and worth and he never weighs them against or compares them to each other. He never implies it's wrong to want to keep something valuable. He also says that, by worrying about losing what we already have, we impugn our ability to be what good and beautiful already we are."Then, weary then why When the thing we freely forfeit is kept with fonder a care, Fonder a care kept than we could have kept it..."Meaning God happily keeps the things (about ourselves) we're afraid to lose, and he cares about them more than we do.
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