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"Binsey Poplars" is a poem by
Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets. His Prosody (linguistics), prosody – notably his concept of sprung ...
(1844–1889), written in 1879. The poem was inspired by the felling of a row of poplar trees near the village of Binsey, northwest of
Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
,
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, and overlooking Port Meadow on the bank of the
River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, s ...
. The replacements for these trees, running from Binsey north to Godstow, lasted until 2004, when replanting began again. The Bodleian Library of
Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...
holds a draft manuscript of the poem, handwritten by Hopkins, acquired in 2013.


The poem

The text of the poem is as follows:


See also

* Poplar Walk, Christ Church Meadow


References


External links


Analysis of 'Binsey Poplars' by Gerard Hopkins
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Binsey Poplars — Gerard Manley Hopkins
on YouTube 1879 poems English poems Poems about trees Culture in Oxford Culture associated with the River Thames Populus 1870s individual tree deaths Environment of Oxfordshire Destroyed individual trees {{poem-stub