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Windhover

Windhover

by Gerard Manley Hopkins

About this book

"Windhover" is another name for the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair while hunting prey. In the poem, the narrator admires the bird as it hovers in the air, suggesting that it controls the wind as a man may control a horse. The bird then suddenly swoops downwards and "rebuffed the big wind". The bird can be viewed as a metaphor for Christ or of divine epiphany.

Hopkins called "The Windhover" "the best thing [he] ever wrote". It commonly appears in anthologies and has lent itself to many interpretations. - Summary by Wikipedia

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  1. 1The Windhover - Read by AF1:43 · read by Anne Fletcher
  2. 2The Windhover - Read by BK1:48 · read by Bruce Kachuk
  3. 3The Windhover - Read by DL1:27 · read by David Lawrence
  4. 4The Windhover - Read by ED1:46 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
  5. 5The Windhover - Read by FS1:31 · read by fshort
  6. 6The Windhover - Read by GG1:34 · read by Greg Giordano
  7. 7The Windhover - Read by KB1:29 · read by KyoBlanchett
  8. 8The Windhover - Read by LAH1:38 · read by Lee Ann Howlett
  9. 9The Windhover - Read by SWS1:29 · read by Scotty Smith
  10. 10The Windhover - Read by TA1:25 · read by Tony Addison
  11. 11The Windhover - Read by TP1:38 · read by Tomas Peter

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