After converting to Roman Catholicism, this Jesuit tried to abandon poetic composition, but when he was encouraged by his superiors to immortalize a group of shipwrecked German nuns in what would become "The Wreck of the Deutschland," his creative fire was rekindled.
After converting to Roman Catholicism, this Jesuit tried to abandon poetic composition, but when he was encouraged by his superiors to immortalize a group of shipwrecked German nuns in what would become "The Wreck of the Deutschland," his creative fire was rekindled. For ten points, what poet introduced innovations such as sprung rhythm and ‘inscape' to beatify God's creation through verse in works like "Henry Purcell" and "Pied Beauty."
After converting to Roman Catholicism, this Jesuit tried to abandon poetic composition, but when he was encouraged by his superiors to immortalize a group of shipwrecked German nuns in what would become "The Wreck of the Deutschland," his creative fire was rekindled.
Gerard Manley {Hopkins}