God's+Grandeur+(1877)

Brief Synopsis:

"God's Grandeur" expresses the speaker's concern for the lack of appreciation people have for the beauty of nature that God created. He does not like how people just stomp about the world without stopping to truly feel nature. Their shod feet cannot connect with the earth that God charged with his grandeur and power. However, the people who go through life never noticing the amazing creations that inhabit the world do not fully understand the extent of how great nature really is. The poem begins with the speaker expressing God's greatness and then the tone changes from awe in lines 1 - 3 to being increasingly disheartened at man's depreciation for nature. The shift happens at the end of line 3, which is enjambed and goes directly into line 4 with the word crushed. This shift leads into the main idea of the poem that man crushes the beauty of God's work and does not even notice or care. However, the poem concludes with the fact that nature is "never spent" and God will always be there and in control.