The Structure of the Battle of WindhoverThe "Windhover" images recognize the battle that Jesus Christ fought as he walked the earth. The battle involved Jesus fighting for the eternal salvation of mankind and the establishment of God's kingdom on earth. Gerard Manley Hopkins, author of the poem, reinforces this battle imagery while undermining it to add more confusion and mystery to this already complex poem. Through accented words at the beginning of the line, emphasizing a particular meaning with two and even three continuous accents, up to containing seven accents in a single line, Hopkins bluntly emphasizes the essential words and lines of the poem, Hopkins underlines and deprecates distinctive words, phrases, and verses in an attempt to emphasize important events in the life of Christ as well as the motivation of Jesus Christ through his struggle. Hopkins begins the poem with what appears to be a regular five-stressed verse on an iambic baseline. However, the immediate perception of the normalcy of the baseline is quickly shattered due to the lack of meaning of that line. At the end of the first line, the word "kingdom" is split in two between the first line ending with "king" and the second line starting with "dom". This disruption of rhythm and the absence of a harmonious rhythm reinforces the image of the beginning of human creation. In the beginning, God created humans out of His generosity, grace, and love with the distinct motive of creating only something good in His image and likeness. God continues to create humans with the same motive in mind, but unfortunately, man has disrupted the total goodness intended by God. When Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, the human... middle of paper ..., although finding happiness and joy in pain is the true paradox of life. Hopkins certainly emphasizes the historical and meaningful nature of life. the events that constituted the battle fought by Christ on earth, through the rhythm of the poem. The adversaries of Jesus Christ did not realize that they had absolutely no chance of winning the war. One day the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God would come. Jesus replied, “And no one will say, “Look, here he is” or “There he is.” For behold, the kingdom of God is among you (Luke 17:21). » At the time of the Incarnation, the kingdom of God was established. For the opponents have failed to understand and know that Jesus Christ is the kingdom. Works Cited: Hopkins, Gerald Manley. “The Windhover.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. MH Abrams et al. 5th ed. Flight. 2New York: Norton, 1966,1583.