Gerard Manley Hopkins “I wake and feel the fell of dark Poem

Heres a virtual movie of the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins reading his beautiful angst ridden poem “I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day“ written in 1880. Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 -- 8 June 1889), was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in prosody (especially sprung rhythm) and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a pe