Which excerpt from gerard manley hopkins "spring and fall" describes grief as a self-centered act?

A. "It is the blight man was born for,/It is Margaret you mourn for."

B."Now no matter, child, the name:/Sorrow's springs are the same."

C. "Ah! as the heart grows older/It will come to such sights colder ... "

D. Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed/What heart heard of, ghost guessed ... "

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Marlie Giles

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7 August, 13:17

Which excerpt from gerard manley hopkins "spring and fall" describes grief as a self-centered act?

A. "It is the blight man was born for,/It is Margaret you mourn for."

B."Now no matter, child, the name:/Sorrow's springs are the same."

C. "Ah! as the heart grows older/It will come to such sights colder ... "

D. Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed/What heart heard of, ghost guessed ... "

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Dylan Zhang · Answer 1

Good Morning!

The following quotation, by restricting suffering to the heart, indicates that it is impossible for the other to recognize in you the pain you feel. It is thus pain, a selfish attitude.

D. Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed/What heart heard of, ghost guessed ... "

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